Two out of the five candidates vying to succeed Maine Governor John Baldacci support gay marriage. Democrat Libby Mitchell and independent Eliot Cutler say they would sign a gay marriage law, while independents Shawn Moody and Kevin Scott, and Republican Paul LePage oppose the institution, an AP survey found.
“Yes, I will continue to lead on this issue until Maine ends discrimination in our marriage laws,” Mitchell said. “It is a matter of human fairness and constitutional fairness and it is past time for Maine to adopt marriage equality.”
Cutler agreed, saying he does not believe that “religion should be making laws for government, or that government should be making laws for religion.”
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