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CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!
Happy Tuesday!
Well, let's see.....today is election day, and the NJ Gov. race is too close to call. I'm hoping that Corzine will pull ahead and win.
Truth be told, I don't like either candidate. However, Republican Chris Christie has stated point blank that if gay marriage legislation should pass his desk, he will NOT sign it. Corzine has said he approves of gay marriage. I can't bring myself to vote for someone who is willing to deny me my civil rights.
I'll also be watching Maine closely, and I hope that Leslie and everyone who has been working so hard to keep marrige legal in Maine has a reason to celebrate tonight.
underdown:
How come gay marriage has to be KEPT legal in Maine ?
I would have thought, once it was legal, it would have to stay that way. ???
underdown:
Oh oh, Have to get to bed.
Monthly breakfast meet for Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 7 a.m, and it will take nearly 2 hours to get there.
(let's see, that's leave at 5, which means get up at 4.15 ... it's now 11.25 p.m...... only 8 hours work tomorrow ... but have a dinner on tomorrow night ....)
OMG. No wonder I don't get much time on BM !
Lucky I'll be a lot closer next month. :)
Hey, it was 38C in Sydney today. (about 100 F or so), and it's only Spring :o
Have a great day, all you cooool people. :)
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: underdown on November 03, 2009, 08:15:10 am ---How come gay marriage has to be KEPT legal in Maine ?
I would have thought, once it was legal, it would have to stay that way. ???
--- End quote ---
The law can be changed or repealed. I hope the article explains it better than I can.
The Nation: Marriage In Maine In Dead Heat
by Daniel Chandler
Today, November 3, the people of Maine will decide whether to keep a law, passed just six months ago, that made Maine the fifth state (of six) to legalize gay marriage. Polls are predicting a nail-biting finish, with the most recent showing those in favor of repeal ahead by 51 to 47 percent, effectively a tie (the poll has a 2.9 percent margin of error). With early voting already underway, both sides are ramping up their campaigns to reach out to Maine's voters and to ensure strong turnouts in this unusually intense off-year campaign.
A victory for the "No on 1" campaign would be the nation's first popular vote in support of gay marriage. It would build on momentum from a string of important victories in Vermont, Iowa and New Hampshire earlier this year. It would put an end to more than thirty consecutive defeats of marriage equality at the ballot box — including California's Proposition 8 one year ago — as states across the country have passed constitutional amendments defining marriage as between one man and one woman. (A 2006 vote in Arizona which rejected such a constitutional amendment is the only exception, but that was followed by a 2008 measure banning gay marriage which passed by a comfortable margin.) A defeat on Tuesday would be a major blow, reinforcing the argument that gay marriage has been won only through the actions of "liberal elites" in state courts and legislatures.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120045772
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost.
Not a good day.
Republican Chris Chirstie won here in NJ, and gay marriage law was repealed in Maine.
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