Maine

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has again ruled against the National Organization for Marriage’s attempts to challenge the “constitutionality of a Rhode Island election law requiring the reporting of so-called ‘independent expenditures.’” [ Read more → ]

This week: Rhode Island is getting civil unions, Maine will collect signatures to overturn that state's marriage ban, and seven couples have sued New Jersey to do the same there. The AMA endorsed marriage equality, the NOM won't be allowed to use secret donors in Minnesota, the DOJ sided against DOMA in one case and with DOMA in another. [ Read more → ]

More than 150 LGBT advocates gathered on the steps of the Lewiston, Maine, City Hall on Thursday to announce a campaign to put the issue of marriage equality back on the ballot in 2012, just three years after it was rejected by Maine voters. [ Read more → ]

A beautiful story out of southern Maine (one of only two New England States not recognizing marriage equality) -- 17 year-old Christian Nelsen was just crowned Sanford High School’s Prom Queen. [ Read more → ]

A Bangor, Maine resident was arrested for disorderly conduct on Tuesday evening after he repeatedly called a man from San Francisco a gay slur, resulting in a fight at a Longhorn Steakhouse. [ Read more → ]

In "Question 1," a new documentary filmed during Maine's successful "Yes on 1" campaign to repeal the state's marriage equality law, reveals that "Yes On "1 chairman Marc Mutty acknowledges his campaign's claim that "same-sex marriage will be taught in schools" was untrue. [ Read more → ]

A federal judge has ruled that Maine's campaign finance disclosure law is constitutional, rejecting a challenge by the National Organization for Marriage over its refusal to disclose identities of donors who contributed to its anti-gay marriage campaign. [ Read more → ]

BANGOR, Maine — Who can marry and who can’t comes down to who has a Y chromosome and who doesn’t, a Bangor High School student told a crowd of more than 60 people gathered Sunday in Pickering Square in support of same-sex marriage in Maine,... [ Read more → ]

CNN's Anderson Cooper and his panel debate gay marriage and Tuesday's loss at the ballot box in Maine. On Wednesday night's the panel with Cooper: Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom To Marry, and gay rights opponent Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council. Said... [ Read more → ]

It was to be a night of hope and promise for the LGBT community, but instead the crushing defeat of Maine's gay marriage law delivered another setback for gay rights advocates and overshadowed many other victories at the ballot box Tuesday. In Maine, voters on... [ Read more → ]

Maine voters on Tuesday rejected a law allowing gay marriage, a closely fought referendum on the one year anniversary of a similar outcome in California. Repealing the law passed by the legislature last May is another setback for gay-rights advocates, and makes Maine the third... [ Read more → ]

With polls closing in less than an hour, Maine is reporting unusually high voter turnout today, a sign that has gay marriage advocates hopeful. With polls showing a closely divided electorate, advocates on both sides of the issue predict it will be a long night... [ Read more → ]

On Tuesday, Maine residents will have their say in the nationwide debate over gay marriage. Voters there will decide whether to repeal a law that would allow gay marriage. The law was passed by the Legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. John Baldacci last May... [ Read more → ]

One year after California’s electorate ended same-sex marriage in the Golden State, voters in Maine are preparing to decide whether to allow gay nuptials. To avoid another defeat, supporters of same-sex marriage were ramping up their grassroots efforts in advance of Tuesday’s vote on the... [ Read more → ]

Rachel Maddow spoke with Maine’s Governor John Baldacci Thursday night about the attempt to repeal Maine’s same-sex marriage law, enacted in May, but up for a vote in next Tuesday's election. Not too long ago, Baldacci stood against gay marriage, but has since had a... [ Read more → ]

Via The Daily Dish, from Andrew Sullivan at TheAtlantic.com The anti-gay forces in Maine are ramping up the "gay conspiracy to get your kids" angle in the latest wave of ads. The pro-gay forces continue on the high road. They are, in a way, almost... [ Read more → ]

SFGate.com: Californians, in particular, are watching Maine's same sex marriage vote closely. And some, like Demi Espinoza, Daniel Shad and Gabe Gonzalez, care so passionately about the issue that they're giving up their vacation time to volunteer in Maine to preserve gay marriage there. Each... [ Read more → ]

With a week and a half to go before Election Day, the two campaigns in the battle over gay marriage continue to haul in large sums of money from donors both inside and outside of Maine. No on 1-Protect Maine Equality has raised more than... [ Read more → ]

AUGUSTA, Maine — A Washington, D.C.-based organization under investigation for its financial role in the campaign to repeal Maine’s gay marriage law has fired back with a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of a state election law, reports the Bangor Daily News. The National Organization for... [ Read more → ]

In case you missed Rachel Maddow on Tuesday night, here's her look at Maine's marriage battle and its similarities to California's Proposition 8, and interview with Jesse Connolly, campaign manager for Maine's "No on 1" campaign. Maine’s gay marriage law was supposed to go... [ Read more → ]