Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Governor Baldacci, My Maine Man!

Hooray for Maine!

Maine and New Hampshire took steps toward the approval of gay marriage today, bringing to five the number of New England states that have moved to legalize marriage between same-sex couples in the past five years.

Governor John E. Baldacci of Maine became the first governor in the country to sign a gay marriage bill into law without being spurred to action by a court decision. In New Hampshire, legislators took the last of several votes approving a gay marriage law. Governor John Lynch, a Democrat like Baldacci, will have five days to veto the bill, sign it, or let it become law without his signature.

Read more here.

Whassup, cutting edge California???

And whassup with the owner of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People being against equality???

2 comments:

Kelley at My Island Wedding said...

you know, i'm from new england, and i'm glad they are taking steps in the right direction...

too bad they still have all those outdated liquor laws. that's besides the point.

how are things with you????

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