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Michaud poised to make history in Maine without the help of gay donors
U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud of Maine is poised to make history in November by becoming the first openly gay candidate ever elected governor of a state. But if victorious, Michaud — who came out as gay last year — will have gotten there with little help from the nation’s most elite LGBT donors and professional activists.
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Marriage News Watch: Marriage wins in western states
This week’s Marriage News Watch report from Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), features updates from Utah, Colorado, Indiana, Missouri, Louisiana, and Maine.
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Gay U.S. Congressman, gubernatorial candidate leads Maine pride parade
PORTLAND, Maine — A Democratic candidate who reluctantly came out of the closet last year found himself serving as the grand marshal of Maine’s biggest gay pride parade and festival Saturday and urged activists to continue fighting to eliminate discrimination and promote equality. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), who would become …
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Maine primary winner could become youngest openly LGBT state lawmaker
Ryan Fecteau emerged victorious in the Democratic primary for Maine’s 11th House district on Tuesday, a development that could make him the youngest serving openly LGBT state lawmaker. Fecteau, 21, led opponent David Flood by a 493 to 263 vote margin with 100% of precincts reporting.
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Maine Ethics Commission fines NOM, orders it to reveal campaign donors
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s ethics panel on Wednesday fined the National Organization for Marriage more than $50,000 and ordered it to file a campaign finance report that would reveal the donors behind the 2009 repeal of the state’s same-sex marriage law after finding that it violating Maine’s campaign finance laws.
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National Organization for Marriage may face $50,000 fine in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — The National Organization for Marriage, the anti-gay marriage group that helped defeat Maine’s same-sex marriage law in 2009 may be fined more than $50,000 and ordered to reveal its donors, after an ethics investigation released Monday found that it violated the state’s campaign finance law.
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Maine GOP didn’t get the message that voters legalized same-sex marriage
BANGOR – Maine Republicans kicked off their convention on Friday by adopting a new platform that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, despite the fact that the state’s voters have already decided the issue.
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Religious freedom bills: The latest effort to counter advances in marriage equality
WASHINGTON – Religious freedom bills in more than a dozen state legislatures this year mark the latest effort by opponents of same-sex marriage to counter the growing public acceptance of marriage equality, and the momentum of federal court rulings striking down state gay marriage bans.
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Maine state Senate rejects religious freedom bill
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine lawmakers have rejected a bill designed to strengthen legal protections for religious freedom in the state.
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Maine supreme court: Transgender student’s rights were violated
PORTLAND, Maine — School officials violated state anti-discrimination law when they would not allow a transgender fifth-grader to use the girls’ bathroom, according to a ruling by the highest court in Maine that’s believed to be the first of its kind.