http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/11/29/lawyer-says-md-lawmaker-indicted-for-voting-against-gay-marriage-bill/The lawyer representing Maryland State Del. Tiffany Alston (D-Prince George’s County) says he’s convinced that Alston was targeted for alleged campaign finance violations under the state’s criminal law because she withdrew her support for a same-sex marriage bill earlier this year.
Baltimore attorney J. Wyndal Gordon told the Blade Monday that Alston’s indictment on felony theft charges in September was the result of a “backlash” against her decision to oppose the same-sex marriage equality bill after she promised to vote for it.
Gordon said authorities initially investigated Alston for alleged campaign irregularities through a non-criminal, civil process overseen by the state’s Board of Elections. He said state prosecutors changed course and sought a criminal indictment against her almost immediately after she angered same-sex marriage supporters by switching sides and opposing the bill.
“That’s when there was an intense scrutiny placed upon her and they started looking at her with a jaundiced eye like they were out to get her after that situation occurred,” he said.
*** i swear to god -- anti-gay folk must tremble at night under their beds for fear of the mighty, mighty power of lgbtiq people.:eyes:
oh -- and mind you this is a democratic party person.
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