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Marriage News Watch: Marriage wins in western states
Tuesday, July 1, 2014This 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. -
Gay U.S. Congressman, gubernatorial candidate leads Maine pride parade
Saturday, June 21, 2014PORTLAND, 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… -
Maine primary winner could become youngest openly LGBT state lawmaker
Friday, June 13, 2014Ryan 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… -
Maine Ethics Commission fines NOM, orders it to reveal campaign donors
Wednesday, May 28, 2014AUGUSTA, 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… -
National Organization for Marriage may face $50,000 fine in Maine
Monday, May 19, 2014AUGUSTA, 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… -
Maine GOP didn’t get the message that voters legalized same-sex marriage
Sunday, April 27, 2014BANGOR – 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… -
Religious freedom bills: The latest effort to counter advances in marriage equality
Friday, February 28, 2014WASHINGTON – 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… -
Maine state Senate rejects religious freedom bill
Thursday, February 20, 2014AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine lawmakers have rejected a bill designed to strengthen legal protections for religious freedom in the state. -
Maine supreme court: Transgender student’s rights were violated
Thursday, January 30, 2014PORTLAND, 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… -
Gay rights group rebuked for endorsing gay U.S. rep in Maine governor’s race
Friday, January 3, 2014AUGUSTA, Maine -- A governor's race endorsement for U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud by the group that successfully pushed for same-sex marriage in Maine drew a swift rebuke Thursday from independent Eliot Cutler, who pointed out inconsistencies…
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High school takes down rainbow flag after trans student complains
Attorneys general file brief in support of trans teen Gavin Grimm's SCOTUS case
Smoke 'em if ya got 'em: Marijuana is now legal in Maine
For trans teens, America's juvenile detention centers are hell on earth
Maine basketball uses game in North Carolina to show LGBTQ support
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