MCASA E-lert: Rescind Marriage as a Defense to Sex Crimes

Feb 12th, 2021

Ask Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Members to SUPPORT SB250 with NO amendments

Currently, Maryland law allows marriage to be a defense to some sex crimes. This archaic law means that married people have less protection from sex crimes than unmarried people. 

This morning, the House of Delegates passed the bill to repeal marriage as a defense to sex crimes, 125-4.  Now it's time for the Senate to act.

Please contact the members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and voice your support for SB250: Marriage Should Not Be a Defense to Sex Crimes – Love is No Defense Act. 

This bill would completely repeal the law that makes marriage a defense to sex crimes. It is important that the Committee hear loud and clear:

Pass SB250 and Resist Amendments

We need a full repeal of marriage as a defense to sex crimes because married people deserve the same protection as unmarried people.  

MCASA believes:
Married women should be able to say 'no,' too.

Ask committee members to vote favorably on SB230, with NO amendments.


MARYLAND SENATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE:

Leadership:

William C. Smith Jr., Chair (D-20)
Phone: (410) 841-3634 | (301) 858-3634
E-mail: [email protected]

Jeff Waldstreicher, Vice Chair (D-18)
Phone: (410) 841-3137 | (301) 858-3137
E-mail: [email protected]

Baltimore City:
Jill P. Carter (D-41)
Phone: (410) 841-3697 | (301) 858-3697
E-mail: [email protected]

Baltimore County:
Chris West (D-42)
Phone: (410) 841-3648 | (301) 858-3648
E-mail: [email protected]

Shelly Hettleman (D-11)
Phone: (410) 841-3131 | (301) 858-3131
E-mail: [email protected]

Baltimore City and Baltimore County:
Charles E. Sydnor, III (D-44)
Phone: (410) 841-3612 | (301) 858-3612
E-mail: [email protected]

Calvert, Charles, & Prince George's Counties
Michael A. Jackson (D-27)
Phone: (410) 841-3700 | (301) 858-3700
E-mail: [email protected]

Calvert and St. Mary's Counties
Jack Bailey (D-29)
Phone: (410) 841-3673 | (301) 858-3673
E-mail: [email protected]

Frederick and Carroll Counties:
Michael J. Hough (D-4)
Phone: (410) 841-3704 | (301) 858-3704
E-mail: [email protected]

Harford County:
Robert Cassilly (D-34)
Phone: (410) 841-3158 | (301) 858-3158
E-mail: [email protected]

Montgomery County:
Susan C. Lee (D-16)
Phone: (410) 841-3124 | (301) 858-3124
E-mail: [email protected]

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