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Yesterday No On 1/Protect Maine Equality issued a campaign ethics challenge to the anti-gay groups working to repeal marriage equality. Stand For Marriage Maine responded immediately, saying they’d be delighted to sign the pledge, but with the following provisos. 1. Agree to at least one public debate with the media invited to cover it live. The voters deserve to hear …

Today No On 1/Protect Maine Equality (formerly Maine Freedom To Marry) issued a call to its anti-gay opponents, asking them to endorse a standard of ethics in the battle to repeal same-same marriage. The Maine Code Of Campaign Practices is routinely signed by candidate for public office and No On 1 has sent a copy to the local Catholic diocese …

Maine’s anti-gay Stand For Marriage group today turned in 100,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state, almost double the required 55,087 names. The names must be verified, but with a margin like this, the repeal of same-sex marriage will surely be on the November ballot. Maine Freedom To Marry reports that they have gathered 60,000 pro-marriage equality pledge cards …

Newly released documents reveal that pro-marriage equality advocates outspent the opposition in Vermont by more than 7-1. The leading proponent of Vermont’s gay marriage bill spent about $294,000 on lobbying and advertising in advance of the Legislature’s vote — more than seven times as much as opponents did, according to disclosure forms filed Monday. Through its task force and an …

The Family Research Council says their petition gatherers have nearly twice as many names as needed to get a repeal of marriage equality put on the November ballot. They have until the end of the month to submit their signatures. Needing roughly 56,000 petition signatures to place a “People’s Veto” of this legislation on the November ballot, the pro-marriage coalition …

Stand For Marriage, the Maine group behind the petition drive to get a referendum on the November ballot to repeal same-sex marriage, says they have the required signatures. Looking to overturn a bill signed by Governor John Baldacci in May approving same sex marriage, Stand For Marriage Maine announced today that they have collected more than the 55,087 signatures needed …

Raise your hand if you’re totally shocked. Gerard Caron walked into the Auburn Post Office and was met by a woman with a pair of clipboards. “This petition is against gay marriage and this other petition is to support gay marriage,” she said, according to Caron. The Poland man said he asked her why there would be a petition to …

Marriage equality opponents in Maine have hired the publicity firm behind California’s Yes On 8 campaign. Organizers of an effort to overturn a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in Maine have hired the California public relations firm that ran the successful Proposition 8 campaign to overturn same-sex marriage there. Supporters of the law have hired a seasoned Maine political strategist …

Everyday Christian is crowing that Maine’s petition drive to repeal same-sex marriage is “off to a fast start.” Anti-gay activists hope to gather the petitions in time for the November election when controversial tax items will be on the ballot, drawing more voters. It’s a tall order, but one that is feasible if early momentum continues, Bob Emrich said. Emrich, …

In Maine, an HIV+ woman charged with falsifying immigration documents has been sentenced to remain in jail until the birth of her baby because the judge is concerned that she won’t receive proper prenatal HIV medication if deported. But even the woman’s prosecutors object. Both the federal prosecutor and the defense attorney urged the judge to sentence Tuleh to 114 …

Rev. Bob Emrich is telling news outlets that his group has distributed over 5000 petitions to repeal Maine’s new marriage equality law. Just over 55,000 signatures are required to place the issue on the Maine ballot and Emrich is suggesting that Mainers host petition-signing open houses and parties. “Hey, folks! We’re havin’ a hate party! Y’all come on by.”

The deep thinkers at the Maine Marriage Alliance point to a survey about monogamy among gay male couples and come to this conclusion: Legal recognition for openly non-monogamous gay unions would effectively destroy the taboo on adultery. The result is a continual downfall of families and society. Stanley Kurtz, a research fellow at Stanford University explains: “What we need to …

Maine activists have filed a complaint with the IRS charging that the Maine Catholic diocese is violating its tax exempt status by funding a ballot referendum drive to repeal same-sex marriage. The Empowering Spirits Foundation said its challenge was filed Wednesday at an Internal Revenue Service office in Dallas. The San Diego-based group said the diocese is engaging in political …

Here is the question that Maine election officials have drafted to appear on the November ballot if the haters get enough petition signatures: “Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?” Maine citizens have an amount of time, from when a bill is …

One of Jon Stewart’s best, and that’s saying something.

“I am deeply disappointed in the Maine Legislature and the Governor for making same sex-marriage legal in our state. We believe that the vast majority of Maine’s people believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, and that calling same-sex relationships marriage doesn’t make them so. Marriage as we have known it for millennia has served …

Today Maine became the fifth state to approve marriage equality! Democratic Gov. John Baldacci today signed into law a bill allowing gay marriage, making Maine the fifth state to allow same-sex marriage. The governor’s signature came barely an hour after the measure won final approval in the state Legislature, with a final 31-8 vote in favor in the Maine Senate. …

Victory again! Maine’s House of Representatives just approved their marriage equality bill by a vote of 89-58. The bill now goes back to the state Senate for final approval before landing on Gov. John Baldacci’s desk. Baldacci has been evasive as to his decision. Maine’s in-house haters will have 90 days after the governor’s potential approval to gather 55,000 petition …

Maine’s House of Representatives votes today on the marriage equality bill approved by the Senate last week. A live video stream of the proceedings is here. Things kick off around 10am.