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Maine says "no" to same sex marriage
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One year ago, religious and civic organizations in California worked laboriously to overturn a Supreme Court decision to allow gay marriages in the state. Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, passed by more than 52% of the vote. Fifty two percent of Latinos voted “yes” on Proposition 8.
On May of this year John Baldacci, Governor of Maine, signed a legislation that allows homosexual couples to wed. On September 2 opposition groups lead by the organization Stand for Marriage, delivered the 55,087 signatures necessary to put the legislation to a vote. Question 1 on the November 3 ballot would decide to repeal or uphold the legislation signed by the governor. A “yes” vote meant to repeal the legislation and ban gay marriage and a “no” vote would uphold such legislation.
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Frank Schubert, campaign organizer of Question 1, claimed victory with 52 percent of the votes and more than 84 percent of the precincts reporting.
Maine became the 31st state to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman by popular vote. The campaign against Question 1, Protect Maine Equality, 1 raised $4 million compared with $2.5 million raised by Stand for Marriage Maine that lead the “yes on 1” campaign.
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