Maine

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 → ]

As Election Day nears, the national spotlight is on Maine, where the latest battle over same-sex marriage is under way. Campaign finance reports show that supporters of a ballot proposal to repeal the state's gay marriage law are trailing significantly in fundraising. But polls show... [ Read more → ]

Supporters of Maine's same-sex marriage law picked up editorial support from two of Maine's largest newspapers this weekend. The Maine Sunday Telegram and weekend edition of the Bangor Daily News both urged voters to reject Question 1, which calls for repeal of the gay marriage... [ Read more → ]

In a new poll released Friday by the polling organization Research 2000 and the political Web site dailykoz.com, 48 percent of those surveyed said they'd vote to repeal the law and 46 percent said they would vote to keep it on the books. With a... [ Read more → ]

Opponents of same-sex marriage launched a television campaign Tuesday, two weeks behind supporters, in a contentious debate over whether to repeal Maine's new marriage law. A no vote on the November ballot referendum question means a vote to support the law as passed while a... [ Read more → ]

Maine's Catholic church continues to be active in the fight against same sex marriage. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has asked churches to take up a special second collection next weekend to support Stand For Marriage Maine, the group leading the effort to... [ Read more → ]

The fate of Maine's gay marriage law now lies in the hands of the voters. Election officials announced Wednesday that gay marriage foes surpassed the threshold of signatures necessary to put the state law on the November ballot, setting the stage for a furious, two-month... [ Read more → ]

Protect Maine Equality has released its first two television ads following Wednesday's announcement that a ballot measure to repeal the state's marriage equality laws has made it November's ballot. (See related post.) The first features Sam Putnam af Portland, who plays high school football and... [ Read more → ]

Meet Sam Putnam of Portland, he plays high school football and baseball, and is the pride and joy of his mother, Jennifer and her partner, Michelle. For Sam, it's pretty basic -- this is his family and he wants them to be valued and treated... [ Read more → ]

A California-based gay rights group has filed a complaint with the Maine Ethics Commission alleging that groups trying to overturn Maine's gay marriage law are engaging in "money laundering." Fred Karger, founder of Californians Against Hate, has filed a nine-page complaint, alleging that several groups... [ Read more → ]

Gay marriage supporters in Maine began running a television advertisement statewide Thursday, featuring gay and straight Mainers talking about the importance of equality. It is the first television advertisement in an anticipated referendum on Maine’s gay marriage law. Maine’s gay marriage law was scheduled to... [ Read more → ]

Marriage equality organization Maine Freedom to Marry announced July 30 that 60,000 Mainers have signed pledges defending the state’s marriage equality bill. "Volunteers, ready and willing to go door to door and speak neighbor to neighbor to protect marriage equality, are the fuel of our... [ Read more → ]