Field update: Moving marriage forward in Maine
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:39 am
Freedom to Marry's Online Campaign Manager Cameron Tolle gives an update Maine, where he's spending several days on the ground working with Mainers United for Marriage-- the campaign to win marriage at the ballot this November.
Update: State organizations using marriage momentum for ballot campaigns
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 08:45 am
Four states facing 2012 ballot campaigns concerning the freedom to marry are gearing up for November, using the momentum from last week's historical announcement from President Obama to galvanize supporters.
Next week in Maine
Posted on May 03, 2012 at 01:47 pm
Our Online Campaign Manager Cameron Tolle is heading to Portland, Maine to work with Freedom to Marry supporters and the Mainers United for Marriage team in this crucial phase of the campaign to win marriage on the ballot this November. If you're in Maine, join him at a phone bank next week!
Mainers United for Marriage launches
Posted on Mar 27, 2012 at 02:13 pm
Today, Freedom to Marry joined Maine families and organizations in launching Mainers United for Marriage, the campaign to make Maine the first state to win the freedom to marry through a ballot measure, to be voted on this November.
The signatures are in: Maine is going back to the ballot for marriage
Posted on Feb 23, 2012 at 08:55 pm
Today Maine’s Secretary of State, Charlie Summers, confirmed that marriage advocates have collected enough signatures to allow a ballot measure this November that, if passed, would extend the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples.
Maine will bring marriage to the ballot in November
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 at 12:30 pm
This afternoon, our friends at EqualityMaine and GLAD will deliver over 100,000 signatures to Maine's Secretary of State that will put the freedom to marry on the ballot this November.
Thousands of Mainers ask Senator Collins to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act
Posted on Dec 13, 2011 at 03:08 pm
Today, Freedom to Marry, EqualityMaine, Courage Campaign, GLAD, Maine Women's Lobby and the ACLU of Maine hand delivered over 2,300 signatures from Senator Susan Collins' constituents asking her to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act.
Senators Lieberman and Collins: It’s time to repeal DOMA
Posted on Nov 16, 2011 at 10:43 am
Freedom to Marry is joining with six state and national organizations to call on Senator Lieberman (I-CT) and Senator Collins (R-ME) to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act.
Maine marriage advocates use election day to collect signatures to restore marriage
Posted on Nov 09, 2011 at 11:51 am
Equality Maine and its volunteers collect more than 35,000 signatures to repeal the state's marriage ban.
Maine Secretary of State Approves Language of Marriage Petition—Time to Get to Work
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 at 01:22 pm
Today, Maine’s Secretary of State approved the language for the citizen’s initiative asking Mainers to restore the freedom to marry in the state. Now that the language has been approved, EqualityMaine will begin collecting signatures to add that initiative to the ballot in 2012.