Sad feelings from this end. Feel free to comment below. We’ll be moderating for thoughtful discussion.
Maine.
Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Lara. 9 Comments
Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Lara. 9 Comments
Sad feelings from this end. Feel free to comment below. We’ll be moderating for thoughtful discussion.
I do want to say thank you to everybody in Maine that worked so hard for No on 1.
I live in Texas, where the possibility of legal gay marriage is a but a pipe dream right now.
I was so very hopeful for Maine. It’s discouraging that voters vote their fears and not their hopes.
So this battle was lost. We haven’t lost the war. Keep your chins up!
Awful news. But, I’m feeling real good about the bill in DC! To the next battle, I guess.
As with California, I take the news very personally. I don’t understand why J and I, who love each other just as much as any straight couple, cannot have the same rights. I feel rejected by my country and wonder why I am viewed as alien and threatening to children.
Keep your eye on the Referendum 71 (the so-called “everything but marriage” bill) results that will soon be coming out of Washington… It’s really, really close… but it could be good news.
Here’s hoping.
It is so frustrating. I feel like everytime we take a few steps forward we get knocked backwards. New Jersey elected an anti-gay governor which has left me feeling anxious. It is terrible to have to wonder if by June my ceremony will not be a legal ceremony but only symbolic. Corzine is still trying to force a gay marriage bill through before the end of his term… I suppose all we can do is wait.
One of the things that bothered me was how much money the Catholic church poured into opposing it. They’ve got churches and schools closing and parishes in a ridiculous amount of debt in addition to all of their other problems. All the money they spent could have gone to some wonderful, helpful things.
If it can’t pass in a state like Maine, what hope do the rest of the states have?
I hope someday all the people who successfully campaigned to not let gay people get married look back on this chapter of their lives and feel ashamed.
Ref. 71 here in Washington is looking more and more like it has the votes to pass. If it does, it will be the FIRST pro-gay ballot measure to every be passed by a state electorate. I hope the folks who worked tirelessly in Maine can find some solace in our victory here in the West. To every cloud there is a silver lining.
Sad as it is to say, I feel that our right to marry will need to be legislated, not voted upon. However, the fact that the Respect for Marriage bill has been introduced with 91 (ninety-one!!) original cosponsors gives me great hope that we have fierce allies at every level of government. It may be a long battle, but we will win in the end. As Obama himself said, referencing MLK Jr. and Rev. Theodore Parker, “The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”