Maryland Archives | Bastard Nation https://bastards.org/tag/maryland/ The Adoptee Rights Organization Thu, 01 Apr 2021 03:43:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://bastards.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/8/files/2015/12/cropped-bASTARD-BOUTIQUE-32x32.jpg Maryland Archives | Bastard Nation https://bastards.org/tag/maryland/ 32 32 158542501 Maryland: SB 331 Defeat: Adoptee Civil Rights is “A Bad Idea” http://bastards.org/maryland-sb-331-defeat-adoptee-civil-rights-is-a-bad-idea/ http://bastards.org/maryland-sb-331-defeat-adoptee-civil-rights-is-a-bad-idea/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 02:36:08 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=9823 Once it hit the Senate floor, however, adoption imperialist warlords and ladies pushed their panic buttons. They were so aggrieved at us lifting our collective leg on them that they attempted to erase us from our own narratives and records (and thus their own minds) by hacking away with that old rusty saw of “birthmother privacy” and (gasp!) "broken government promises." As if the government has never broken a real promise or spouted a fake one!

This, Fellow Bastards, is some of the worst dehumanizing and outlandish misinformation about adoption and Class Bastard that I've heard in years. Did Bill Pierce, the late founding president of the National Council for Adoption, rise from the dead and channel himself through Senator Michael Hough (R ) and his gang of merry bigoted bipartisan busybodies? 

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]]> http://bastards.org/maryland-sb-331-defeat-adoptee-civil-rights-is-a-bad-idea/feed/ 0 9823 Bastard Nation Testimony in Support of Maryland SB 331. Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-testimony-in-support-of-maryland-sb-331-senate-judicial-proceedings-committee/ http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-testimony-in-support-of-maryland-sb-331-senate-judicial-proceedings-committee/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:24:47 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=9075 Current Maryland law let's adopted people at the age of 21 years or older whose adoptions were finalized on or after January 1, 2000 to receive their OBC on request, subject to disclosure veto filings; thus, granting a favor for some adoptees but not others depending upon date of birth, adoption and third-person approval. Until all adoptees have a right to unrestricted ownership of their original birth certificates none enjoy that right. It is only a discriminatory favor and privilege.

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]]> http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-testimony-in-support-of-maryland-sb-331-senate-judicial-proceedings-committee/feed/ 0 9075 Bastard Nation Action Alert. Attention Marylanders: Maryland SB 331 Senate Judiciary Committee – DO PASS! http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-action-alert-attention-marylanders-maryland-sb-331-senate-judiciary-committee-do-pass/ http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-action-alert-attention-marylanders-maryland-sb-331-senate-judiciary-committee-do-pass/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:35:00 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=8929 The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee has scheduled a hearing for SB 331 on January 26, 2021.

SB 331 is a non-restricted, non-conditional bill to restore the right of all Maryland -born adoptees at the age of 18 or older to receive a copy of their Original Birth Certificate upon request. It is sponsored by Senator Susan Lee. A companion House bill should be introduced shortly.

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]]> http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-action-alert-attention-marylanders-maryland-sb-331-senate-judiciary-committee-do-pass/feed/ 0 8929 HB1039 passes Maryland House overwhelmingly. Now on to Senate! Help us! http://bastards.org/hb1039-passes-maryland-house-overwhelmingly-now-on-to-senate-help-us/ http://bastards.org/hb1039-passes-maryland-house-overwhelmingly-now-on-to-senate-help-us/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:22:02 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=7632   From Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights: Maryland’s HB1039 has passed the House, 130-8, with adoptee delegates stepping up to support the bill’s passage! On to the Senate. Keep up with efforts, join us, and ...

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]]> http://bastards.org/hb1039-passes-maryland-house-overwhelmingly-now-on-to-senate-help-us/feed/ 1 7632 Bastard Nation Submitted Testimony Maryland H1039: Unrestricted OBC Access. Do Pass http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-submitted-testimony-maryland-h1039-unrestricted-obc-access-do-pass/ http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-submitted-testimony-maryland-h1039-unrestricted-obc-access-do-pass/#comments Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:52:53 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=7587 Bastard Nation and its members in Maryland have worked in Maryland since the late 1990s to secure a change in OBC/adoption record access laws that restore the right of all the state’s adoptees ,not just the select few as under current law who are currently forced to navigate a cumbersome, difficult, and insulting gauntlet of restrictions, arbitrary procedures, and naysayers, to receive their own OBC,s which are rightfully theirs, without restriction.

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]]> http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-submitted-testimony-maryland-h1039-unrestricted-obc-access-do-pass/feed/ 2 7587 Action Alert from CCAR: Get It Right, Make Maryland Next. Hearings on Feb 20 & 25. How to Submit Testimony http://bastards.org/action-alert-maryland-hearings/ http://bastards.org/action-alert-maryland-hearings/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:41:41 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=7550 Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights Maryland Action Alert Bastard Nation is a proud core parter with CCAR     Get It Right: Make Maryland Next posted on February 13, 2020 Distribute Freely!   Maryland has ...

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]]> http://bastards.org/action-alert-maryland-hearings/feed/ 0 7550 Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights Formed http://bastards.org/capitol-coalition-for-adoptee-rights-formed-working-to-secure-equal-rights-for-all-adult-adopted-people-who-were-born-or-adopted-in-the-region/ http://bastards.org/capitol-coalition-for-adoptee-rights-formed-working-to-secure-equal-rights-for-all-adult-adopted-people-who-were-born-or-adopted-in-the-region/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2020 01:34:20 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=7536 We are happy to announce the formation of the Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights a coalition of organizations and allies in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, working to secure equal rights for all adult adopted people who were born or adopted in the region.

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