Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal a new law allowing same-sex marriage. With almost all precincts reporting, 53 percent voted to overturn the law and 47 percent voted to keep it.
The bill was signed into law in May, but same-sex marriage opponents gathered more than the 55,000 signatures necessary to call for a public vote. The legislation allowed any two people to apply for a marriage license “regardless of the sex of each person” while allowing religious institutions to refuse to perform same-sex marriage if it was not consistent with their beliefs.
Same-sex marriage is legal in only 4 states – Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and Iowa.
This really bothered me. Even with the example of their neighboring states to show that the world will not end, life will go on, and it really is more normal than people think, Mainers still voted for bigotry and discrimination.
I absolutely agree, Charlie.