EHRLICH MIGHT OFFER BILL GIVING GAY COUPLES RIGHTS: From the Washington Post

Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he might introduce a bill next year that would seek to accomplish some of the same aims as legislation he vetoed Friday that would have granted certain rights to unmarried partners, including gay couples. ...

Gov. Ehrlich, shown at a news conference, says his main objection to the bill he vetoed was that couples would have registered as "life partners."

The legislation, approved by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly, would have granted nearly a dozen rights to couples that register with the state, including authority over certain medical and funeral-related decisions for one another.

He suggested that his approach would build upon existing legal tools such as advance medical directives, which allow residents to designate someone to make medical decisions for them.

Gay rights activists who pushed for the bill argued that it included several rights not available through existing law.

Ehrlich stressed that his primary objection to the bill was a requirement that couples register with the state as "life partners."

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