Jim Ireton, Mayor of Salisbury, on Wednesday, October 10, at 7 p.m. Ireton, who is openly gay, will speak on the Civil Marriage Protection Act as well as the DREAM Act.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Easton’s weekly Emerson Café hosts Jim Ireton, Mayor of Salisbury, on Wednesday, October 10, at 7 p.m. Ireton, who is openly gay, will speak on the Civil Marriage Protection Act as well as the DREAM Act (Questions 6 and 4, respectively, on the November 2012 ballot), and participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss these important issues.
“I encourage the members of the Maryland House of Delegates to think extensively about supporting the Civil Marriage Protection Act.” says Mr. Ireton. “In my family, my siblings and parents have always made clear to me that there is no way that a union between loving same-sex couples could ever threaten what they have in their own marriages”.
Ireton has served the Salisbury community in many capacities as an educator, a leader in local neighborhood associations, and a member of the Wicomico Education Association and Salisbury Recycling Committee. He is past-president of the Democratic Club of Wicomico County and served on the City Council. Since elected mayor in 2009, Ireton has sought solutions to unfreeze city council deadlock and to join local government agencies in common efforts toward revitalizing neighborhoods, reducing violent crime in Salisbury, cleaning up of the Wicomico River to make it swimmable and fishable in 10 years, and controlling urban sprawl. In 2010, he was named a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow from the University of Maryland School of Law. Ireton is a native of Salisbury and an avid reader, tennis and volleyball player, and golfer. He lives in Salisbury with his family.
Emerson Café features month-long discussions of a topic of intellectual and spiritual importance and interest. This month’s discussion is on “Current Pressing Issues,” featuring the Civil Marriage Protection Act, the DREAM Act, the Blueprint for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay and the “Dirty Chesapeake Bay Bills” (H.R. 4153 and H.R. 4337), and the Resolution Calling for Statutory Protections Against the Dangers of Hydraulic Fracking for Natural Gas in Maryland.
Emerson Café is free and open to the public. It meets every Wednesday from 7–8:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Easton, 7401 Ocean Gateway, across from the Easton High School athletic fields.
For more information about October’s discussions, visit https://www.uufeaston.org/posters/EmersonCafeOctober2012.pdf.
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