Maine voters reject same sex marriage

November 4, 8:22 AMChristian Living ExaminerJoanne Brokaw

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Voters in Maine repealed a law passed by the Maine Legislature last spring that would have legalized same sex marriage.

This is not necessarily a case of a red state simply being conservative. This is a state where voters agreed to set up a distribution system that would allow dispensaries to dispense marijuana for medicinal purposes, following up on a 1999 measure that legalized medical marijuana.

Thirty one states have put the issue to a popular vote so far, and all 31 have rejected it, proving that what the legislators want and what the people want are not necessarily the same thing.

Perhaps the issue isn't so much the law itself - there actually are Christians and conservatives who would support same sex unions - but the way that it's been forced on Americans without their input by courts who are charged with upholding the law, not creating it.  As Fox News explains:

The outcome Tuesday marked the first time voters had rejected a gay-marriage law enacted by a legislature. When Californians put a stop to same-sex marriage a year ago, it was in response to a court ruling, not legislation.

Five other states have legalized gay marriage -- starting with Massachusetts in 2004, and followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Iowa -- but all did so through legislation or court rulings, not by popular vote. In contrast, constitutional amendments banning gay marriage have been approved in all 30 states where they have been on the ballot.

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