Alliance Defense Fund challenges transgender law
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2008/10-10/news/localnews/13409.cfmAMY CAVANAUGH
10/10/2008
Weeks after Maryland's high court ruled that Montgomery County's transgender rights law need not face public referendum, a conservative legal group has mounted another challenge.
The Alliance Defense Fund filed suit Sept. 29 against the Montgomery County Board of Elections, alleging that voters were unconstitutionally denied the right to vote on a law extending new rights to transgender residents and workers.
The legal group filed the lawsuit on behalf of Montgomery County voters. Named as plaintiffs are Montgomery County residents Fred Bloem, Elaine McDermott, Lisa Gundling, Joyce Pratt, Mian Siddique and Maryland Citizens for a Responsible Government.
The case says the election board did not have the authority to remove the referendum from the Nov. 4 ballot, as allowed by the high court's ruling, and notes that the plaintiffs are seeking a restraining order to suspend the transgender rights law.
