same-sex marriage signed into law in maine

[piranha]

progress marches on in new england. the bill passed relatively smoothly through the legislature, but conservative groups are arming for a ballot initiative in november's elections.

governor baldacci was previously opposed to same-sex marriage, but said his own views evolved over time:

"I did not come to this decision lightly or in haste. 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."

matthew daly has some very good thoughts on why this is actually better than california and new york leading the way.

Comments

[jd]

I think the meta term now is "marriage equality", if we're going to nitpick ;)

[katieastrophe]

That would imply that any and all marriage, including non-monogamous, was legal, so no, not really ;-)

(I wish, though.)