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Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage

Portland : OR : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Campaign signs from both sides of the effort to repeal Maine's gay marriage law are seen in Portland
    Campaign signs from both sides of the effort to repeal Maine's gay ...
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  • Gay marriage supporters wait for election results at No on 1/Protect Maine Equality election night rally in Portland
    Gay marriage supporters wait for election results at No on 1/Protect ...
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  • Connolly greets Maine Democrat Gov. Baldacci in Portland
    Connolly greets Maine Democrat Gov. Baldacci in Portland
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  • Gay marriage supporters Weiss comforts Hoopes at No on 1/Protect Maine Equality election night rally in Portland
    Gay marriage supporters Weiss comforts Hoopes at No on 1/Protect Maine ...
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  • Miriam Conners of Stand for Marriage Maine calls supporters to remind them to vote in Yarmouth
    Miriam Conners of Stand for Marriage Maine calls supporters to remind ...
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  • David Nowlin repositions a campaign sign in Portland on gay marriage referendrum
    David Nowlin repositions a campaign sign in Portland on gay marriage ...
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  • A carved pumpkin is seen at the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign office in Yarmouth
    A carved pumpkin is seen at the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign ...
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  • Miriam Conners and her son Spencer of Stand for Marriage Maine prepare to going canvassing in Yarmouth
    Miriam Conners and her son Spencer of Stand for Marriage Maine prepare ...
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  • Miriam Conners and her son Spencer of Stand for Marriage Maine canvas in Yarmouth
    Miriam Conners and her son Spencer of Stand for Marriage Maine canvas ...
    Source: Reuters
Campaign signs from both sides of the effort to repeal Maine's gay ...
With the repeal, Maine became the 31st state to reject same-sex marriage at the ballot box. Five other states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire and Vermont — have legalized same-sex marriage, but only through court rulings and legislative action.
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  • News Source: Kuwait Times | about 1 month ago
    Maine voters have rejected a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, in a major setback to gay rights advocates hoping the northeastern US state would become the first in the country where voters directly approve gay marriage. In a hard fought...
  • News Source: Associated Press | about 1 month ago
    Conservatives, in contrast, celebrated Maine voters' rejection of a law that would have allowed gay couples to wed, depicting it as a warning shot that should deter politicians in other states from pushing for same-sex marriage. "Every time the...
  • News Source: National Public Radio | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: Des Moines Register | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: Salon | about 1 month ago
    05 PST The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. Paul Hogarth remembers how angry he was when Proposition 8 passed in California. “I witnessed the train wreck,” he says. “I was angry with how we...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    Supporters of Maine's same-sex marriage law, which voters narrowly repealed, gathered Wednesday to concede the vote but not the issue. "It seems in the end that Mainers are not ready to treat these families fairly," Betsy Smith told a crowd of No on...
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  • Blog Source: cbs11tv.com
    In an election that had been billed for weeks as too close to call, Maine's often unpredictable voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. Gay marriage has now lost in all 31 states in which it ...
  • Blog Source: www.politicsdaily.com
    In a closely watched race that ran late into the night Tuesday, voters in Maine repealed a recent law that legalized same-sex marriage in.
  • Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
    Early returns showed a close contest, as forecast. With 229 of 608 precincts reporting, each side had 50 percent. A vote to uphold the law would mark the first time that the electorate in any state endorsed gay marriage. ...
  • Blog Source: theworldatpresent-bing.blogspot.com
    Early returns showed a close contest, as had been forecast. With 70 of 608 precincts reporting, the gay-marriage side had 53 percent to 47 percent for the other side. Gay-rights advocates say that losing in Maine would further a ...
  • Blog Source: datingjesus.wordpress.com
    They've repealed same-sex marriage in Maine, looks like. November 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment · Voters in yesterday's election said no to marriage equality in Maine, effectively vetoing an earlier legislative vote. ...
  • Blog Source: blogs.courant.com
    Maine now joins California as the second state in the country for voters to overturn marriage equality. The vote brings the number of states to allow same-sex marriage to five -- Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and here, ...
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