pressherald.mainetoday.com - 11/4/2009
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PORTLAND Maine voters on Tuesday narrowly voted to repeal a law that would have made the state one of a handful that allow same-sex couples to marry. At 1 a.m., with 87 percent of the state s precincts reporting, 52.8 percent of Mainers had voted to repeal the state s same-sex marriage law, ...
nytimes.com - 11/4/2009
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nytimes.com —
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 this morning, 53 percent of voters had approved the ...
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Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
bangordailynews.com - 11/4/2009
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bangordailynews.com —
PORTLAND, Maine -- Voters on Tuesday repealed the
state's same sex marriage law after an emotionally charged...
campaign that drew large numbers to the polls and focused national attention on ...
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Gay marriage repealed in Maine
gay.americablog.com - 11/3/2009
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gay.americablog.com —
The Executive Director of Organizing for America sent
an email to Mainers telling them to vote. Someone...
I know just got it: Tomorrow is Election Day once again in Maine. It's as important as ever for you to get out to vote. And just like you did last ...
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AMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: ...
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Bad News In New England
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Maine voters shamefully reject same-sex marriage law. Clearly, this proves that litigation doesn't work.
Maine Votes Down Gay Marriage Law
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"Maine voters on Tuesday narrowly voted to repeal a law that would have made the state one of a handful that allow same-sex couples to marry," the Portland Press Herald reports.
Winners and Losers in New Jersey
The Hollywood Liberal —
Winners and Losers in New Jersey Here’s a quick snapshot of the winners and losers in New Jersey: Winners : Losers : [image] Maine Votes Down Gay Marriage Law “Maine voters on Tuesday narrowly voted to repeal a law that would have made the state one of a handful that allow same-sex couples to marry,” the Portland Press Herald reports. [image] This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 5:40 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts) . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein: One Year Later: A Meaningless Election, Same-Sex Initiatives Fail, And Madeleine Albright's Love of Pins
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... that granted the same rights to domestic partnerships that are given to married couples. Teresa, a resident, tells us about the two Washingtons, and how they're totally different on this issue. We also talk about Question 1 from Maine, which passed, and repealed a law signed by the governor that gave same-sex couples the right to get married. At this point, pro-same-sex marriage ballot initiatives are something like to 0-30. Voters shouldn't decide this issue. Why should there be a referendum on the rights of a minority group? Oh, because we're a bunch of crazies. Ah, I forgot. ...
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