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New polling reveals increasing support for marriage equality
LOS ANGELES — There’s been a ton of new polling data from around the country, and it’s all encouraging. And more bad news for the National Organization for Marriage: they’re under investigation by the Minnesota Elections Board, and the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to play along with their attempts to hide donors.
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Poll suggests Maine voters likely to approve same-sex marriage this fall
A new poll suggests that Maine voters are likely to reverse their 2009 decision and legalize same-sex marriage when the issue is once again considered at the ballot box later this year.
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LGBT-friendly, moderate GOP senator Olympia Snowe announces retirement
WASHINGTON — Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, whom most political insiders agreed is one of the few remaining Republican moderates, announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of her current term.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects NOM appeal over Maine campaign finance disclosure law
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a constitutional challenge to Maine’s campaign finance laws brought by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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Maine marriage equality advocates qualify for second ballot referendum
AUGUSTA, Maine — Three years after Maine voters rejected same-sex marriage, advocates have gathered the required number of verified signatures to put the issue of marriage equality back on the November 2012 ballot, according to Maine’s Secretary of State, Charlie Summers.
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In reversal, same-sex marriage advocates playing offense
The issue of same-sex marriage has returned to the national stage in an unprecedented way as numerous states throughout the country are seeing action on the issue.
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Three states make major advances towards full marriage equality
Another crazy week, with news in the Prop 8 case and major advances in Washington, Maryland, and New Jersey. And yet another court has slapped down NOM’s attempts to hide their donors. This week’s Marriage News Watch is here…
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Federal appeals court upholds Maine law requiring anti-gay NOM to release donor list
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maine’s campaign disclosure law that requires the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage to release its donor list, but the group vowed to take the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent revealing who financed a $1.8 million movement that helped overturn the state’s gay marriage law.
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Maine voters likely to reconsider marriage equality this year
AUGUSTA, Maine — Marriage equality is headed back to the ballot for a second time in Maine, as gay rights advocates on Thursday submitted petitions signed by 105,000 voters, far more than the 57,277 needed to force a referendum in November.
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2011: An ‘epic year of transformation’ for marriage equality in the U.S.
One leading advocate called 2011 an “epic” year for marriage equality. Was it? While only one state — New York — enacted full marriage rights for same-sex couples, it was the most populous state to do so. Five other states also moved closer to marriage equality than ever before. Public opinion shifted dramatically towards supporting equality. And the Obama administration announced that it no longer considers a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act constitutional.