Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Big Defeat in Maine

Mainers' 53-47 vote to reject gay marriage does more than simply slap down a law that just six months ago had made Maine America's second state to permit same-sex couples to wed. With voters thronging to the polls, the closely watched — and ultimately not very close — vote extended the winning streak of gay marriage opponents nationwide, who have now prevailed in more than 30 straight state elections over whether to allow gays to marry Full Story »

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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Nov. 4, 2009

But Maine’s vote, much like all of the states before it, including California’s vote on Prop 8 12 months ago, will do little to slow the fight over gay marriage. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934432,00.html?xid=rss-politics-huffpo#ixzz0VuLPLNKe

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