Today's Washington Post reports, "Md. governor says his state is realizing MLK’s dream," by John Wagner.
Legalizing same-sex marriage, abolishing the death penalty and raising the minimum wage are part of today’s “work of justice,” Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said Wednesday at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington.
O’Malley, who appeared early in a long program of speakers praising the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., used his remarks to make the case for a modern “calling of conscience to action.”
“The responsibility we consecrate today is not rooted in nostalgia or memory, it is rooted in something far deeper,” the governor said from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, in remarks aides said he largely crafted himself.
"O'Malley: Abolishing death penalty, legalizing gay marriage part of pushing King's vision forward," is Justin Sink's post at the Hill.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) said that laws abolishing the death penalty, legalizing gay marriage and raising the minimum wage represented the modern "calling of conscious to action" while speaking Wednesday at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
O'Malley, who has strongly hinted that he plans to pursue the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, said there was an "urgent" need to attend to the "work of justice."
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O'Malley added that "action that abolishes the death penalty and improves public safety in every neighborhood regardless of income or color" and "actions that create jobs and raises the minimum wage" would strengthen the country.
Earlier coverage from Maryland begins at the link; also available, jump directly to coverage of Maryland's repeal of the death penalty.
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