Maine repealed the law granting the right to same sex marriage by 53% to 47% with 40% of the vote turning out. We lost in our sister city Lewiston but won in Auburn where I taught so many years. Our Governor swears to continue the fight for same sex rights. He is not really in favor of same sex marriage but says he realizes that constitutionally it is the right thing to do.
"Out" in his own way, the chairman from out of state who ran the California Prop 8 successful campaign and had the audacity to criticize our team for funding our campaign with out of state funds, appeared in public for the first time in a victory speech, proud to have led the opposition in this one.
My facebook is loaded with comments from disheartened former students, parents and friends upset with our state. Had it not been revealed by tough newsmen, we wouldn't even have known his company was leading the ad campaign to fight to repeal the law. They tried to keep it secret. Ironically they didn't get their money's worth. Promised a fresh campaign designed for the region, they got exactly the same scripted ads that were run in California, but with different actors. I'm sure he'll appear in your state soon so there's no need to tell you about the misinformation in the ads. You'll see for yourself.
I feel so badly for all the students out there who come from non traditional families, and for all those who live unhappily in traditional families but would rather follow their own hearts, and for all those whose otherwise in-law families ban them from hospital visitations, funerals, and even the apartments they shared with loved ones. And I feel badly for those who cannot break from tradition to do what is right.
Pressure Builds In New Jersey
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With the election of the anti-gay Chris Christie, activists are stepping up
the pressure on New Jersey's legislature to approve marriage equality before
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