Tag Archives: Maine

Watch as Matt Baume rips apart the lies.

Via press release from Mainers United: In a campaign finance report filed Thursday with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, NOM reported raising and spending more than $250,000 to influence Question 1 on the November ballot. Question 1 would allow same-sex couples to receive a marriage license from the state while protecting religious freedom. In a practice …

(Via Scott Wooledge)

“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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Kleenex alert!

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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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.