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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:31 PM

Published 11/06/2009 by Advocate.com


3. Gay Marriage Battle Lost in Maine

Voters in Maine on Tuesday approved Question 1, the ballot initiative to overturn the state's gay marriage law.

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With 87 percent of precincts reporting by early Wednesday morning, the campaign to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law won with 53 percent of...

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...wrote Connolly. "For next week, and next month, and next year-- until all Maine families are treated equally. Because in the end, this has always been about love and family and that will always be something worth fighting for."
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...point by stating: " Great BP! NOw we are blaming the victim for the crime! It is definitely NOT gay peoples' fault they are being discrimnated agianst....i understand this is upsetting and that a lot of people are upset, however blaming gay people is an odd way to express that!" This seems to be a...
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