Maryland Trying to Pass New Law--Comments?

[UnitedNut]

I heard about this earlier today and just thought I would see if anyone else was aware and get reactions. I think Maryland will be the first State to do this:

http://www.marriageservices.org/hb65/hb65.pdf

The Maryland State House of Representatives has already voted unanimously to pass HB 65.  It is currently in the Senate SB 129 and is scheduled to be voted on within the next day or two.  This legislation was purposely misrepresented by its backers as a mirror of the existing Federal law IMBRA, (which is why it passed in the House) however it is much more restrictive and will require any Maryland man to be fingerprinted and submit the fingerprints to the website for a criminal background check before they can even view the photos and general information of the singles posted on the site or even write a letter.

The bill is targeting Foreign Dating sites, but the way it is written it will also affect such sites as E-harmany, and Match.com.  Maryland would be the only state in the union that would require its citizens to be fingerprinted and have a complete criminal and marital history completed before they can even view a singles dating website or correspond with a potential mate

[robert angel]

If it is indeed as demanding and restrictive as it appears, you would think it's unconstitutional. BUT that hasn't stopped our govt., especially in recent years, from passing legislation that's unconstitutional or in acting in ways in direct conflict with it. Constitutional law and technology are odd bed partners. The politicians don't think these things through...

[fathertime]

You have to wonder what prompts these busybodies to waste their time to write such a bill.  Why do the Maryland lawmakers feel the need to interject themselves into citizen’s personal lives?  How is it that our country is so obsessed about how adults choose to meet each other and what business is that of our govt.  I must be a very grumpy old man because I look at our govt. and my main thought is disgust.  Disgust for our entire system frankly.  I wonder who stands to profit from this bill.  Clearly the police departments would get a lot of ‘fingerprint fees’.  How much are they charging nowadays? 50 bucks or so I bet.

Fathertime! 

[jm21-2]

When I saw imbra I knew that American women would soon be complaining that foreign women were getting extra protections and hollering for more protection for themselves...