Maine

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 Wolfson of the Maine loss, “It’s very difficult for a […]

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 Tuesday rejected a law allowing gay marriage, a closely fought […]

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 state in which voters reversed government rulings to permit gay […]

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 before results are known in the latest battle over gay […]

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 but has never taken effect. If voters reject the measure, […]

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 proposed “people’s veto.” Only if the initiative, known as Question […]

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 change of heart, saying “civil union is not equal to […]

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 poignant examples of the politics of fear and the politics […]

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 is an organizer with Equality California and they’re helping get […]

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 $4 million so far — including about $1.4 million since […]