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Can’t stop the Big Gay Juggernaut

May 6, 2009 by kolys

And then there were five.

With the stroke of a pen, Maine Governor John Baldacci (D) today made his state the fifth to allow same-sex marriage. This makes 10% of the states now, and it looks as though New Hampshire may not be far behind.

It’s great to see more and more states looking beyond a discriminatory ideology and embracing ALL of their citizens.

Congratulations to Maine’s legislature, voters and same-sex couples on a well-deserved victory.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged gay marriage, maine | 7 Comments

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on May 7, 2009 at 5:15 am Mum

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-gaymarriage7-2009may07,0,3602121.story?track=ntothtml
on May 7, 2009 at 9:38 am kolys

@Mum

Not too surprising, really; the political landscape in California is going to see a change in general, what with the Governator leaving office at the end of ’10.

Besides, California is usually the trendsetter on progressive issues, and already its best hope is to be the one running behind yelling “Hey, stop the bandwagon, I wanna get on!”. I think we’ll see more movement on the issue this time, and likely a pretty strong backlash against the Prop 8 supporters.
on May 7, 2009 at 11:01 am LiLu

Yayyy- so exciting! *Waves big ass rainbow flag*
on May 7, 2009 at 11:09 am kolys

@LiLu

Hell yeah. And with NY/NH/NJ all making big strides, and CA coming back around, there is a lot of reason to hope.
on May 7, 2009 at 12:53 pm f.B

Love that NJ is not being obnoxious.

But to the post… Another brick in the wall. One at a time, they’re falling.
on May 7, 2009 at 1:08 pm kolys

@f.B

Indeed. I saw an interesting statistical model at FiveThirtyEight.com which predicted the likely year that each state would see its electorate vote for allowing gay marriage. NY and NH are right on track for ’09, and NJ is ahead of the game since they were listed for ’10.
on May 8, 2009 at 4:53 pm You’re Entitled to My Opinion

[…] where we are free to speak, to dress however we like, to marry whatever race (and in five states now, whatever gender) we so choose. Certainly those freedoms are imperfect – and it was that […]

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