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Maine Rejects Same-Sex Marriage
Nov. 4th, 2009 09:27 pmBy KEITH J. WINSTEIN
Maine voters rejected a law allowing same-sex couples to marry in a closely fought referendum that saw unexpectedly high turnout.
Rolling back the law is a setback for gay-rights advocates and makes Maine the third state in which residents reversed their government's decision to permit gay marriages, after California and Hawaii.
Same-sex marriage has yet to win a popular vote in any state, despite a recent string of wins in the New England region. The other states that grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples -- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont -- have done so via legislative vote or judicial ruling, and New Hampshire will grant such marriages starting in January after a vote by its legislature. The federal government and most other states don't recognize same-sex marriages.
(there isn't much more, but you can read the rest of the article at The Wall Street Journal online)
In case you don't know, I am personally against same-sex marriage. However, I purposefully tried to find an article that gave a very balanced, unbiased reporting of the events in Maine. It wasn't easy. Most articles from mainstream sources are wildly biased one way or another. I'm surprised the Journal was so...plain ol' fact-based.
Maine voters rejected a law allowing same-sex couples to marry in a closely fought referendum that saw unexpectedly high turnout.
Rolling back the law is a setback for gay-rights advocates and makes Maine the third state in which residents reversed their government's decision to permit gay marriages, after California and Hawaii.
Same-sex marriage has yet to win a popular vote in any state, despite a recent string of wins in the New England region. The other states that grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples -- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont -- have done so via legislative vote or judicial ruling, and New Hampshire will grant such marriages starting in January after a vote by its legislature. The federal government and most other states don't recognize same-sex marriages.
(there isn't much more, but you can read the rest of the article at The Wall Street Journal online)
In case you don't know, I am personally against same-sex marriage. However, I purposefully tried to find an article that gave a very balanced, unbiased reporting of the events in Maine. It wasn't easy. Most articles from mainstream sources are wildly biased one way or another. I'm surprised the Journal was so...plain ol' fact-based.