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La Shawn Barber's Corner: Maine Voters Repeal Homosexual ‘Marriage’
Hit & Run: Reason Morning Links: GOP Wins in New Jersey and Virginia, Bloomberg Narrowly Wins, Medical Marijuana Approved in Maine
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A Setback in Maine for Gay Marriage, but Medical Marijuana Law Expands http://tinyurl.com/yll3am6 #EC408 16 days ago |
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in democracy, the majority will always fuck over diversity. give me equality, world, not fear and hatred. http://tinyurl.com/yll3am6 16 days ago |
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This sucks. http://bit.ly/3AwOkw #ShameOnMaine 17 days ago |
Maine Voters Repeal Homosexual ‘Marriage’
La Shawn Barber's Corner —
I can’t believe it. The people of Maine came through. They rejected homosexual “marriage” in their state.
But that doesn’t mean the fight’s over. There’s something about all that “will of the people” jazz some politicians just don’t like. Fundamentally. For example, 54 percent of voting Californian’s barred their government from hiring, contracting, and admitting on the basis of race. Thirteen years later, California legislatures drafted a bill bringing back set-aside contracting for minority ...
Reason Morning Links: GOP Wins in New Jersey and Virginia, Bloomberg Narrowly Wins, Medical Marijuana Approved in Maine
Hit & Run —
... GOP wins governors mansions
in Virginia, New Jersey, loses congressional seat in New
York.
Maine voters repeal
law allowing gay marriage; vote to legalize
medical marijuana.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spends $100 million,
eeks out a narrow win.
CIA dutifully fulfills Freedom of Information Act request . .
.
20 years later.
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
to face off in a debate at Radio City Music Hall. ...
Same-sex marriage — Maine and Wisconsin.
Althouse —
1. Maine voters rejected same-sex marriage: The Maine vote was particularly discouraging for gay-rights groups because it took place in New England, the region that has been the most open to same-sex marriage, and because opponents of the repeal had far outspent backers.... Throughout the bitter campaign, supporters of same sex marriage had stressed that gay couples deserve equal treatment under the law, banking on Maine’s reputation as a “live and let live” state....2. The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral ...
Election '09 - Ballot Measures
Political Animal —
... , and only the second state to approve gay marriage through the legislative process. Yesterday, sadly, a narrow majority of Maine voters turned back the clock . In a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement, Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal the state's new law allowing same-sex marriage. With 87 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, 53 percent of voters had approved the repeal, ending an expensive and emotional fight that was closely watched around the country as a referendum on the national gay-marriage movement. Polls had suggested a ...
maine...maine...maine...
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... the maine vote was particularly discouraging for gay-rights groups because it took place in new england, the region that has been the most open to same-sex marriage, and because opponents of the repeal had far outspent backers. - nytimes ...
The elections
Civil Commotion —
... A Creationist ought, ipso facto , to be held incompetent for public responsibility. Notice this, though: In Tuesday’s election, Foster beat opponent Kathleen Ford by fewer than 3,000 votes , in an election where roughly only 30 percent of registered voters turned out . In short, the Pious got out and voted because one of their own was running, and everybody else stayed home. So, too, Maine, where the churches mobilized the inexhaustible malice of the Virtuous and overturned legislatively-enacted gay marriage . Opponents repeatedly warned voters that if gays were allowed to ...
The Rude Pundit — ... narrowly defeated an attempt to overturn its gay domestic partnership law, Maine voters decided, by too big a margin, to ban gay marriage in that state. The same people who turned back the budget wrecking teabaggers and expanded medical marijuana distribution on the same fucking ballot voted against gay marriage. In other words, the people of Maine want their dope and a functioning government, but fuck the gays. It's as if voters in the booth thought, "Christ, I need one last backwards ass view." ...
Maine says ‘no’ to same-sex marriage, ‘yes’ to medical marijuana
Iowa Independent —
... In a pair of votes that hit close to home for Iowa, voters in Maine repealed the state’s law allowing same-sex couples to get married while also voting to expand the state’s medical marijuana law. ...
The Gay Marriage Referendum In Maine: Bookerista Views
Booker Rising —
... : "I can’t believe it. The people of Maine came through. They rejected homosexual 'marriage' in their state. But that doesn’t mean the fight’s over. There’s something about that 'will of the people' jazz some politicians just don’t like. Fundamentally. For example, 54 percent of voting Californian[s] barred their government from hiring, contracting, and admitting on the basis of race. Thirteen years later, the California legislature drafted a bill bringing back set-aside contracting for minority businesses. Last summer, ...
The Catholic Church And The Maine Gay Marriage Vote
Below The Beltway —
E.D. Kain passes on this bit of information regarding the campaign against gay marriage in Maine:
“The Catholic Church was a leading supporter of the repeal campaign, even asking parishes to pass a second collection plate at Sunday mass to help the cause.”
E.D. sums up my thoughts on this tidbit:
I support religious institutions’ beliefs, however wrong-headed I think they may be, but I wish they’d afford the same dignity to others. Nobody is trying to force the Church to support gay marriage, to allow gays to ...
