Tag Archives: Maine

Marriage Polls Recap

(Via Scott Wooledge)

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NOM Reacts To SCOTUS Loss

“While we are disappointed that the US Supreme Court did not grant review in our challenge to Maine’s application of campaign finance law in 2009, we will be reviewing the state’s requests in light of the ruling.  In their briefs before the US Supreme Court, the state appeared to have substantially narrowed the type of information they were requesting from …

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TheFour: Stories From Maine

This is the first in a four-part series highlighting the states voting on same-sex marriage next month.

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Red-Caped Catholic Loons In Maine

Disappointingly, this clip does not include any dramatic staged attacks from homofascists, just a broken egg on the sidewalk. But apparently truckers love loons with bagpipes.

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Marriage Leads By 21 Points In Maine

The Morning Sentinel reports that a new poll shows Maine’s marriage equality ballot measure is leading by 21 points. No one expects the 21-point lead to last, however. Maine has proven to be narrowly divided on gay marriage in past elections. Even with a strong lead, the issue is clearly dividing Maine voters along partisan, social and economic lines. The …

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NOM Loses SCOTUS Appeal

We didn’t see any action on Prop 8, but in the meantime we can totally enjoy this: The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine’s campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court on Monday turned aside an appeal from the National Organization …

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Maine Firefighters For Marriage

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Bernhard & Waters For TheFour.com

For more on how to help the four states voting on marriage in November, go here.

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NOM Gives $500K To Maine’s Haters

The Boston Globe reports: The Maine Legislature legalized gay marriage in 2009, but the law was overturned in a “people’s veto” vote later that year. Gay marriage supporters gathered signatures to put it on the ballot again. Gay marriage opponents are also stepping up their efforts. The Roman Catholic Church has kicked off a series of meetings to promote its …

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Lesbian Super-PAC Backs Maine Marriage

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New Campaign Launches To Support Marriage Equality In Four States

Those four states, of course, are the ones with the issue on their November ballots. Visit The Four 2012 for information on helping.

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MAINE: Marriage Repeal Leader Gets Gun To Protect Himself From Murderous Gays

Maine’s weirdo marriage repeal leader Michael Heath has told the press that he’s applied for a concealed weapon permit so that none of them gays try to murder him. Heath continued, “If Maine doesn’t end this decades long conflict over the evil of sodomy with an overwhelming NO vote in November we can expect to see this sort of violence …

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Human Rights Campaign Donates $1M To Fight Marriage Referenda In Four States

Politico has the details: The HRC funds, which are being unveiled Monday, are $250,000 apiece for Maine, Washington, Maryland and Minnesota, all of which have ballot measures in November on gay marriage. Officials said there will be more spending coming, and that it makes the total spent by HRC in 2011 and 2012 on marriage-related efforts to $4.8 million. “These …

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Wonderful New Maine Marriage Ad

Kleenex alert!

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Headline Of The Day

Honestly, officer! I wasn’t going to shoot up the theater! I was actually just on my way to kill my boss! Pay no attention to those Colorado newspaper clippings you found in my car! Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Tee Jay)

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Maine’s Marriage Poll Looks Good

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From Maine’s Marriage Opponents

Via JMG reader Louise, the above is how Maine hate group leader Mike Heath illustrates his latest beg for money. The accompanying press release notes that Frank is spending the summer “sodomizing his boyfriend Jim” in anticipation of their coming wedding. As classless as we’d expect.

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MAINE: Bishop Richard Malone Vows He Has Not “Backed Down” On Marriage

Maine’s Bishop Richard Malone has penned a letter to the New York Times in which he denies reports that the Catholic Church plans to stay out of the marriage battle this time. I have not backed down in the church’s defense of marriage. Although not a member of the current political action committee, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is …

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MAINE: Activists Battle Over Wording Of Marriage Equality Referendum

Mainers United issued a press release today detailing a probable coming battle with the Secretary of State, who last week issued this version of how voters would be asked about same-sex marriage: “Do you want to allow same-sex couples to marry?” Seems simple and clean, but activists want language about religious liberty reinserted into the item. Their proposed version reads: …

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Maine Poll: Marriage Leads By 19 Points

A poll released today shows the attempt to return same-sex marriage to Maine leading by a wide margin. 55 percent of voters support a referendum to legalize marriage between gay and lesbian couples, while only 36 percent oppose the proposed law. If passed, the referendum will provide marriage licenses for same-sex couples without requiring any religion or clergy to perform …

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