# Maine Approves Same-Sex Marriage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456 "2009-05-05T21:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/1 "2009-05-05T21:13:33Z")
[Link - CNN](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/maine-lawmakers-approve-same-sex-marriage/) This may be a bit premature as Governor Baldacci has been very … diplomatic … about things so far, saying he hasn’t made up his mind whether he will sign the bill, but my bet is he will. He’s not the type to buck the prevailing winds, as it were. Oh, there will be some hellacious protests from Michael “Oh Please, I Am So Not Gay” Heath and his Maine Family Policy Council, but after months of raving and ranting about what the people really want and collecting 30 or 40 signatures for a “people’s veto” he’ll be about as relevant as Wayne Newton at Lollapalooza. Soon you will be able to choose (in deference to Not Quite Miss USA) between gay or opposite marriage in the Pine Tree State. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/2 "2009-05-05T21:14:30Z")
Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/3 "2009-05-05T21:16:50Z")
Nicely done, Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/4 "2009-05-05T21:42:28Z")
Yay! Can;t believe it didn’t happen sooner. I mean, along with Vermont, they’re practically Canadian, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/5 "2009-05-05T23:26:02Z")
The New Hampshire House is scheduled to vote on a SSM bill tomorrow, although it is not known if Governor John Lynch will sign off on the bill. [See here](http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/new_hampshire_h.html). This is all happening, whether or not with finality, faster that I would have ever thought. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/6 "2009-05-05T23:54:34Z")
Also, the D.C. city council just voted today to recognize same-sex marriages from other states. If I understand correctly, it needs to get approved by both the mayor and Congress, so it’ll be interesting to see how that plays out and what sort of precedent it may set. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/7 "2009-05-06T00:14:55Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/8 "2009-05-06T00:25:09Z")
I find it sad that California, normally on the cutting edge of legal trends, was the first state to pass a SSM bill in the legislature (vetoed), yet here we are living under Prop 8 while other states have seen fit to go forward, move ahead, and whip it good. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/9 "2009-05-06T00:28:00Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > . . . . while other states have seen fit to go forward, move ahead, and whip it good. And get it straight, so to speak. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/10 "2009-05-06T00:38:32Z")
Wow! Maine, of all places! (No offense, I guess, but **Jack Batty** ’s stories of life in Maine over the years have not led me to think of it as a hotbed of progressive thought.) That’s really awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/11 "2009-05-06T01:44:59Z")
So where is Rhode Island in all of this New England progressivism? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/12 "2009-05-06T03:09:44Z")
I’ll keep my praise until the Guv signs the bill. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/13 "2009-05-06T04:08:29Z")
Wow…so if this and the Noo Hampster bill passes, then most of New England will have GAY MARRIAGE! Maine and NH are conservative for “libral Yankees”…but they’re still pretty libral over all. It’s not like they are “Deep South” states. Boy oh boy Phred Phelps and His Messed Up Crew must be really foaming at the mouth. This is really amazing. I’m bi myself…and I remember how back in the mid 90’s how freaking confused and scared I was about the feelings I was having towards a particular girl. It’s amazing to see how much our culture has changed…who knows? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/14 "2009-05-06T04:11:09Z")
Wayne Newton is going to be at Lollapalooza? I would totally see that! ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/15 "2009-05-06T05:19:24Z")
Let’s not get too excited until the governor, who has spoken his reticence to sign such a bill in the past, actually signs it. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/16 "2009-05-06T05:24:23Z")
Finest kind! Maine is so cool! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/17 "2009-05-06T11:02:58Z")
Is the Republican party abandoning the northeast, or is the northeast abandoning the Republican party? Seems like the latter. Collins and Snowe, take note! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/18 "2009-05-06T12:23:11Z")
And another instance of it being done RIGHT - the legislature, not the courts. Good job, Maine legislators! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/19 "2009-05-06T12:27:51Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > Wow…so if this and the Noo Hampster bill passes, then most of New England will have GAY MARRIAGE! I foresee a lot of antique-shopping. My state (Georgia) finally legalized cunnilingus a few years ago; I’m not holding my breath for same-sex marriage. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/20 "2009-05-06T13:08:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So where is Rhode Island in all of this New England progressivism? They’ll follow soon. If they don’t, we’ll swallow them whole. Punks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456.md?page=2)