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ME: Update on the Marriage Equality Petition Drive

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Maine Marriage Equality and NOMDays after marriage equality proponents turned in petitions to the Maine secretary of state’s office to put the question on the November ballot, both supporters and opponents of the measure are gearing up for a political fight. Again.

On Jan. 26, supporters turned in petitions with 105,000 signatures, nearly double the 57,000 signatures required to put a citizens’ initiative on the ballot.

This is not the first time a marriage equality proposal has come before voters. In 2009, opponents successfully mounted a citizens veto of a gay marriage law passed by the Legislature.

Full Story from Seacoast Online

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Tidewater Motel, Vinalhaven, Maine

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Periodically we’ll feature one of our vendors here to let our readers know about some great people who can help you plan the perfect wedding.

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Tidewater Motel, Vinalhaven, MaineThe Tidewater Motel on Vinalhaven is closer to the water than any place that’s not a boat. The Tidewater is built on a bridge; the ebb and flow of the tides provides a soundtrack to your stay as the water flows directly beneath your room, inches away. That same rush of ocean water once powered a granite polishing mill, blacksmith shop and grist mill on the site, a marvel of ingenuity.

To the seaward, in Carvers Harbor, the world’s most productive lobster fleet is anchored right outside your window. On the other side is Carver’s Pond, the harbor’s tidal estuary, and the town and island of Vinalhaven, waiting to be explored.

You can sit on your private deck and dangle your toes (if you have particularly long toes) in the water or lie in bed, open the window, and let the rushing tide’s unforgettable lullaby sing you to sleep.

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ME: NOM Plans to Fight Marriage Equality Referendum

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Maine Marriage Equality and NOMThe National Organization for Marriage is going back to Maine to fight a plan by LGBT advocates to legalize same-sex marriage through a ballot measure. Last week the group said it had collected enough signatures to put the question before Maine voters and expressed confidence that public opinion had moved enough that they could win.

NOM is back to fight, despite the fact that it’s fighting two disclosure lawsuits in the state from the last marriage battle, the Press Herald reports:

“Maine voters rejected gay marriage barely more than two years ago,” National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown said in a prepared statement. “What part of ‘no’ don’t gay marriage advocates understand?”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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ME: Marriage Equality Group to Go to Ballot in November

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Maine Marriage Equality VoteMarriage equality advocates in Maine have collected the 100,000 signatures necessary to bring the issue back to the ballot in November and announced their decision to do so Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

State lawmakers had passed a marriage bill signed into law by Gov. John Baldacci in June of 2009, but voters narrowly overturned the law a few months later.

Via AP:

EqualityMaine, Maine Civil Liberties Union and the Maine Women’s Lobby will announce Thursday whether they plan to deliver the petitions and carry through with a referendum. National gay-rights leaders, for their part, anticipate that a gay marriage campaign will be launched.

Full Story From The Advocate

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Announcement on Maine Marriage Equality Campaign Planned for January 23rd

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Maine Marriage Equality AnnouncementGay marriage supporters in Maine will announce on Monday, January 23 whether they will return to the ballot box this year or wait, Bloomberg reported.

Equality Maine, the state’s largest gay rights group, has collected nearly twice the number of signatures needed to put the question on the ballot.

“We wouldn’t want to move forward with a campaign that we don’t think we are well-positioned to win,” said Betsy Smith, the group’s executive director. “We have to look at our current level of support, what we accomplished last year and our plans for this year and make a decision.”

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Marriage Equality Fight Surges Forward in Maine

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Maine Marriage Equality EffortMaria Woodbury has called hundreds of voters in Maine since March to talk about making same-sex marriage legal. Some hang up, others say they’re too busy. One man, who said he grew up as a Catholic, stuck out.

While the nephew he’s raising alongside his two teenaged sons is gay, the man said he “strongly opposed” revising the law when they began talking last week, Woodbury said in an interview. Within 15 minutes, he had changed his mind.

“By the end of the conversation, he really wanted all his boys to have the same opportunities when they found the right person and wanted to marry,” said Woodbury, 31, an outreach worker for a coalition of gay-marriage supporters.

Full Story from Business Week

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Maine: Marriage Equality Advocates Gather Twice the Needed Signatures

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Maine Marriage EqualityElection Day volunteers gathered more than 35,000 signatures in support of a 2012 ballot initiative that would allow marriage licenses for lesbian and gay couples in Maine, bringing the total gathered – in just 12 weeks – to more than 100,000 signers.

Amy Mello, EqualityMaine field director, shared the news with volunteers and Election Day organizers on a call from EqualityMaine’s Brewer office this evening.

On the 9:00pm conference call Mello told an enthusiastic group of volunteers that with their hard work today, a total of roughly 100,000 signatures had been gathered since the effort began in late August.

Full Story from Equality Maine

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Maine Gets New Marriage Equality Ads

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Maine Marriage Equality EffortSince California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage in 2008, supporters of such unions have dissected what went wrong with their campaign to defeat Proposition 8 and similar campaigns across the nation. The advertising. The messengers. The tone. The themes.

On Tuesday in Maine, where voters in 2009 repealed a state law that would have legalized same-sex marriage, supporters of gay nuptials will launch a new TV ad that shows what they have learned – much of it culled from research in California and led by an Oakland pollster.

Maine is being targeted because the issue probably will be on the ballot there next year. Instead of being preachy, the ads aim to empathize with the “journey” voters are taking as they try to sort out their conflicted feelings about same-sex marriage.

Full Story from SFGate

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ME: Marriage Equality Campaign Surpasses Signature Goal

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Maine Marriage Equality EffortA campaign to legalize gay marriage in Maine has gathered sufficient signatures to qualify for next year’s ballot.

Equality Maine, the state’s largest gay rights group, announced on Wednesday that it had collected the signatures of more than 35,000 registered voters on Election Day. The group had earlier announced plans to gather 75,000 signatures, about 18,000 more than needed to qualify. The buffer is a hedge against invalid signatures.

The campaign said it had surpassed its goal and now had almost 100,000 signatures.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Equality Maine Collects Signatures at Polls – 60K Down, 15K to Go

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Maine Marriage EqualitySupporters of same-sex marriage hoped to use the critical mass of voters on Election Day to reach their goal of gathering more than 75,000 petition signatures to put a question on next year’s ballot.

In August, a coalition led by EqualityMaine launched a petition drive for a citizens’ initiative that would ask Mainers the following question on the November 2012 ballot:

“Do you favor a law allowing marriage licenses for same-sex couples that protects religious freedom by ensuring no religion or clergy be required to perform such a marriage in violation of their religious beliefs?”

Full Story from the Bangor Daily News

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