Another Dominio Falls.
(Borrowed that from my pal Jill. Hopefully she won’t mind.)
The Maine governor signed the same-sex marriage bill today.
Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a gay marriage bill passed just hours before by the Maine Legislature.
Baldacci made his announcement within an hour of the Maine Senate giving its final approval to LD 1020. The Senate voted 21-13 in favor of the measure after a short debate.
“In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions,” Baldacci said in a written statement. “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.”
The House of Representatives gave its approval on a 89-57 vote Tuesday.
The governor’s signature makes Maine the fifth state to allow gay marriage.
5 down, 45 to go…
May 6th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
wooooo HOOOOOO
yayyyyyy
one day soon
we really will all be equal
May 7th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Ha ha! I don’t mind at all
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May 9th, 2009 at 3:02 am
Slowly but surely!