Maine Commission’s Investigation into NOM Fundraising Practices continues

Posted on Mar 04, 2010 at 11:27 am

Nearly four months after Maine voters approved a referendum that overturned their state’s law that had allowed gays and lesbians to marry, the National Organization for Marriage continues to stonewall requests for information from a commission investigating its contributions to the successful campaign.

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Going After the “Movable Middle” on the Freedom to Marry

Posted on Mar 01, 2010 at 12:44 pm

Third Way, a Washington DC based think tank, conducted a poll of 600 Maine voters right after Question One passed in November and identified some important trends among the movable middle swing voters.

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Maine Ethics Commission Votes 4-1 to Deny NOM’s Petition For Investigation Stay

Posted on Jan 30, 2010 at 04:03 pm

Pam's House Blend
January 29, 2010
The State of Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices will continue their investigation into whether or not the National Organization for Marriage violated Maine law with their campaign against marriage equality in the state. The commission on Thursday denied NOM's petition objecting to the release of the organization's documents. [Link]

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Voice for Equality: Peter Mills

Posted on Jan 28, 2010 at 10:00 am

Peter Mills is an American politician - a Republican from Maine. Mills currently serves in the Maine Senate, representing the 26th district. He ran for Governor of Maine in 2006, ultimately losing by 2,400 votes in the primary to Chandler Woodcock. Mills has announced he will run again for Governor in 2010. Learn more here.

In 2009, Mills was the only Republican in the Maine Senate to vote for the Freedom to Marry bill and in this interview he expanded on his reasoning, and predicted what he thought would happen at the ballot box in November:

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Freedom to Marry salutes Maine state Senator Peter Mills as another Republican Voice for Equality! Learn about other Voices for Equality here.

If Senator Mills' support inspires you, get involved!

**Make your NOMINATION for a Voice for Equality today!

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Op-Ed: The moral and constitutional case for a right to marry

Posted on Jan 07, 2010 at 11:46 am

Daily News (NY)
January 7, 2010
Cato Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy calls marriage equality a constitutional issue, because "[T]he primary purpose of government is to safeguard individual rights and prevent some persons from harming others [...] and no one is harmed by the union of two consenting gay people." [Link]

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Maine marriage supporters plan to make it 2010 election issue

Posted on Dec 21, 2009 at 11:42 am

Seacoast Online
December 21, 2009
Maine marriage equality advocates have regrouped following repeal of the marriage law at the ballot Nov. 3, and they are working to put like-minded legislators in office in 2010. They also are planning to take a more personal approach with voters than they did in the months leading up to November — an approach that focuses less on identifying likely voters than it does on having conversations with people in the more rural, small-town pockets of Maine. (Link)

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California Companies Fight Marriage Equality Nationwide

Posted on Dec 14, 2009 at 11:56 am

The New York Times
December 12, 2009
Anti-gay activists nationwide are turning to California companies to head their campaigns against marriage equality in different states. Sacramento-based Schubert Flint Public Affairs was hired as the consultant for the anti-gay campaigns supporting Calif.'s Prop. 8 and Maine's Question 1. [Link]

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OP-ED: I Do… Want Benefits, Too

Posted on Dec 07, 2009 at 11:42 pm

Boston Globe Sunday Magazine
December 7, 2009
Alison Lobron writes that the fight for marriage equality has exposed the fact that single people are unequal to married couples when it comes to obtaining benefits. [Link]

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Maine Revisited: Is There a Backlash Against Marriage Equality?

Posted on Dec 05, 2009 at 12:58 pm

FiveThirtyEight
December 4, 2009
In light of the New York State Senate's decision on Wednesday to vote down the freedom to marry, Nate Silver rexamines what happened last month in Maine, where voters passed Question 1 -- reversing the state legislature's decision to embrace marriage equality -- by roughly a 5-point margin. [Link]

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Bangor High School Student Holds Marriage Equality Rally

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 at 11:02 am

Bangor Daily News
November 23, 2009
Antonia Carroll, a 16-year-old Bangor High School student, on Sunday organized a rally of more than 60 people, including other high school students, who volunteered for the NO on 1 campaign. Carroll: “We will not stop, and we will not give up until we have equality for all." [Link]

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