While we stick almost exclusively to sports on this site, we have stepped away from that from time to time to cover gay-marriage news. The latest is great news out of Maine, as the State Senate today passed the House’s bill to legalize gay marriage, and Governor Baldacci has signed it. His statement about signing it was great, because it showed that someone who is against the idea of gay marriage can still be for the law:
“In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions,” Baldacci said in a written 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.”
This news is of particular importance to me, as I spent a lot of time there as a kid, and my parents live in Maine. My mother went to August two weeks ago to testify in front of the State Senate on behalf of gay marriage. Thanks Mom!
on May 6th, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Great to see you guys making small steps… I hope one day you guys can allow Same Sex Marriage from Coast to Coast like we do up here in Canada
on May 6th, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Cyd’s mom is a firebrand on this issue!
on May 6th, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Thanks to your mom!
Appreciate all the support!
By the time it gets here to Arkansas I hope to have found a hubby and to make it legal…….let’s say 2012ish…….
I might have to import him from out of state.
Best,
Drew
on May 7th, 2009 at 10:16 AM
and the reaction from the Obama administration is …
*crickets*