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Home-Schooled Girl To Lawmakers: Vote Down Same Sex Marriage For My Birthday

A 14-year-old girl named "Sarah" asked lawmakers in Maryland on Tuesday to vote against marriage equality for her birthday. Testifying before Maryland's Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, Sarah said it "would be the best birthday present ever

pointed to Sarah's home schooling as possible source of her opposition to equal rights for gay men and lesbians.

"This is the kind of ludicrous stupidity that comes when children are home schooled," he wrote. "[B]y and large, home schooled kids are subject to an education of their parents’ making and that means they can be brainwashed like this 14-year-old."

"While we’re at it, how is it even possible that this 14-year old was allowed to testify? Who arranged this? What value does her testimony have, since she wasn’t raised by a same-sex couple?" Bash added. "Perhaps they’ll have a 13-year-old weigh in on the healthcare debate next?"

The Maryland Senate is expected to eventually approve the marriage equality bill. But things do not look as hopeful in the House of Delegates, where lawmakers rejected a similar bill last year.

(H/T: Think Progress)

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