Maine 5th state with same sex marriage

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Maine 5th state with same sex marriage
Wed, 05-06-2009 - 2:11pm

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Maine's Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill into law allowing same-sex marriage in his state. Maine becomes the fifth state to do so. The other four: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont.


"In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions," Baldacci said in a statement. "I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage."


There is serious legislative activity to approve gay marriage in DC (where last night the city council voted to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere), New Jersey, New Hampshire and New York.


Also, in California, there’s a state Supreme Court challenge to Prop. 8.


As we wrote this morning, it's example #457 that we’re long removed from 2004.


(this and Baldacci's full statement:


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/06/1924233.aspx )

fairly damsely


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