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

[katieastrophe]

Would it be awfully picky of me to say that it's not gay marriage but same-sex marriage that has been legalised?

not gay, but same-sex

[piranha]

no, not too picky. i should have watched for that. :) thanks; will fix.

Re: not gay, but same-sex

[katieastrophe]

thankyou :-)

[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.)