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Old 11-03-2009, 11:03 PM   #1
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Maine Repeals Gay Marriage
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PORTLAND, Maine - Maine voters on Tuesday torpedoed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a heartbreaking defeat for the gay rights movement, particularly since it occurred in a corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.

With 84 percent of the precincts reporting, gay-marriage foes had 53 percent of the vote Tuesday.

At issue was a law passed by the Maine Legislature last spring that would have legalized same-sex marriage. The law was put on hold after conservatives launched a petition drive to repeal it in a referendum.

Gay marriage has now lost in every single state -- 31 in all -- in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine.

A vote to uphold the law would have marked the first time that the electorate in any state endorsed gay marriage. That would have energized activists nationwide and blunted conservative claims that same-sex marriage is being foisted on states by judges or lawmakers over the will of the public.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33609492...more_politics/

Dammit Maine. Some of you deserve to be attacked by a Stephen King lamp monster right now.
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:32 AM   #2
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Well that sucks.
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:56 AM   #3
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Such bullshit. I agree-I wish It on every Maine resident. I hope they all wake up to blood spewing from their bathroom drains.
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Old 11-05-2009, 05:38 PM   #4
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Well that sucks.
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Old 11-05-2009, 11:55 PM   #5
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Such bullshit. I agree-I wish It on every Maine resident. I hope they all wake up to blood spewing from their bathroom drains.
Even the gay Maine residents and the straight ones who supported gay marrage?

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Old 11-06-2009, 04:11 AM   #6
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Awh damn.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:42 AM   #7
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tis a dark day for those seeking emancipation from the religeous laws tht we do not recognise
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