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mainer

(12,013 posts)
Thu May 17, 2012, 09:05 PM May 2012

Maine could be the FIRST STATE to allow same-sex marriage by popular vote

Right now, there's a fund drive going on to help this become law. As a Mainer, I would be so proud if my state were the first in the nation to approve this by popular vote. Polls are looking good, with a majority of Mainers favoring legalizing same-sex marriage. If you can spare the cash, we've got a matching grant of $100,000 from one of the Facebook founders. The website to donate is here:

http://www.mainersunited.org/

As Maine goes, so goes the nation!

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Maine could be the FIRST STATE to allow same-sex marriage by popular vote (Original Post) mainer May 2012 OP
I hope it passes but again, our rights are put to a popular vote? CurtEastPoint May 2012 #1
The point is, Maine is the FIRST STATE to approve it by popular demand mainer May 2012 #3
This would be excellent!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2012 #4
As they say in Maine... longship May 2012 #7
My Brother up in Maine told me to have faith fascisthunter May 2012 #2
That would be great! Brooklyn Dame May 2012 #5
My wife, son and I are working for it. MarianJack May 2012 #6

CurtEastPoint

(18,552 posts)
1. I hope it passes but again, our rights are put to a popular vote?
Thu May 17, 2012, 09:12 PM
May 2012

I don't get it. No offense meant, Mainer.

mainer

(12,013 posts)
3. The point is, Maine is the FIRST STATE to approve it by popular demand
Thu May 17, 2012, 09:14 PM
May 2012

Every other state with gay marriage got it through legislative means -- with some of them overturning it through popular vote. This vote in Maine is huge because it signals that the populace, at last, is ready to move on with it.

longship

(40,416 posts)
7. As they say in Maine...
Thu May 17, 2012, 10:07 PM
May 2012

You can't swallow a whole moose all at once. You have eat it one moose steak at a time.

Sometimes these difficult social issues pan out only over generational time periods. A whole moose is a lot of meat to eat at one sitting.

Maybe the Mainer's seem to like moose meat.

Did I milk that analogy -- please not the moose -- enough?

Go Maine, from a Michigander. No, we don't have moose, but we do have wolverines on Isle Royale. Wouldn't want to milk one of those either.

 

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)
2. My Brother up in Maine told me to have faith
Thu May 17, 2012, 09:14 PM
May 2012

and yes, he resides in northern Maine where a lot of weird right wingers live.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
6. My wife, son and I are working for it.
Thu May 17, 2012, 09:45 PM
May 2012

Hello from Augusta, Maine!

When my 12 year old son found out that his 2 favorite aunts couldn't marry each other (yet) he was ROYALLY pissed off like his parents.

I anticipate and expect that I will, again, be very proud of my adopted home state.

PEACE!

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