# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/21 "2009-05-06T13:20:45Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > 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. Hey! No need to call us names. And you’re still not taking our guns. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/22 "2009-05-06T13:36:00Z")
Maine’s gone gay. I wish Michigan would, so it would give everyone something new to complain about other than " It’s the end of the world because the Big Three are in the Ubend of Life AIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" ---
**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 6, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/23 "2009-05-06T13:46:05Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > 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! To be fair, the big cities (and I use the term loosely) are very progressive, and yet you can travel 5 miles outside of Portland city limits and you’d think you were in a road show of _Diliverence_. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/24 "2009-05-06T14:34:58Z")
Why hasn’t Libertarian Nevada jumped on this money bandwagon? Oh yeah, downstate. I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/25 "2009-05-06T15:42:22Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > 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. Baldacci could also continue to duck the issue and let it become law without his signature. > [@Jack Batty](#): > > you can travel 5 miles outside of Portland city limits and you’d think you were in a road show of Diliverence Right, _The Beans of Egypt, Maine_ was not entirely fictional. But, be fair, it’s pretty much like rural America anywhere else, just colder than most of it. ---
**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, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/26 "2009-05-06T16:56:11Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Maine’s gone gay. > I wish Michigan would, so it would give everyone something new to complain about other than " It’s the end of the world because the Big Three are in the Ubend of Life AIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Dude, you forgot about complaining about the weather. Always a highlight of my day. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/27 "2009-05-06T17:22:33Z")
[The Governor signed the bill!](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/06/maine-governor-signs-allowing-gay-marriage/) Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/28 "2009-05-06T17:31:14Z")
All right, Maine! ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/29 "2009-05-06T17:41:02Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And another instance of it being done RIGHT - the legislature, not the courts. > > Good job, Maine legislators! Why is this “being done right”? Why shouldn’t courts decide issues? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/30 "2009-05-06T17:45:52Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And another instance of it being done RIGHT - the legislature, not the courts. > > Good job, Maine legislators! Why is it wrong when the courts do it? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/31 "2009-05-06T18:04:45Z")
I don’t think it’s wrong, but these bills going through the legislatures mean the antis can’t scream about activist judges and such. Yay Maine! ---
**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 6, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/32 "2009-05-06T19:00:29Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > … these bills going through the legislatures mean the antis can’t scream about activist judges and such. And you’d be wrong. I mean, you’d be right, of course, but that won’t keep the tighties from screaming “activists” at every turn. It’s what keeps them warm. Not much action on this over at the Freep, but this a part of one comment I ran across: “The foundational values of our country are being destroyed by these liberal activists and at some point, there is going to be a backlash” ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/33 "2009-05-06T19:03:23Z")
I suppose you’re right. But the more this happens, the sillier the screaming is going to look, right? I hope? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/34 "2009-05-06T19:17:36Z")
If NH puts the region at 4 for 6, I will be a very proud Yankee indeed. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/35 "2009-05-06T20:30:22Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > I don’t think it’s wrong, but these bills going through the legislatures mean the antis can’t scream about activist judges and such. > > Yay Maine! No, they’ll just scream about “out of touch politician not letting the people vote”. Then the first time SSM passes in a referendum they’ll start babbling how “homosexual activists misleading the public”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/36 "2009-05-06T20:59:10Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > If NH puts the region at 4 for 6, I will be a very proud Yankee indeed. That would be 5 for 6. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/37 "2009-05-06T21:21:56Z")
I’ve been trying to be optimistic here, guys! Of course I currently live in what I sincerely believe will be the next-to-last state to approve it – Idaho. I expect Utah will be the last to give in. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/38 "2009-05-06T21:35:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That would be 5 for 6. Shit, did I miss CT getting on the bandwagon? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/39 "2009-05-06T21:44:21Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Shit, did I miss CT getting on the bandwagon? CT was the one right after CA (I think)- and when Prop 8 eight hit CA, we fended off a similar attack in the Nov election. I think we’ll annex RI if they don’t comply… ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-approves-same-sex-marriage/495456/40 "2009-05-06T21:51:56Z")
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