Front Page: Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage

November 4, 2009

by POPSUGAR Sex & Culture 36

Voters in Maine voted to repeal legislature-approved gay marriage yesterday by 53 to 47 percent. — Politico
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36 Comments

imLissy 3 years 27 weeks

flickster, well said

imLissy 3 years 27 weeks

flickster, well said

CaterpillarGirl 3 years 27 weeks

I can smell the hypocrisy in this thread and it stinks.

sloane220 3 years 27 weeks

i'm upset but not suprised by what happened in maine. @jayde- straight marriage has never really been that sanctified. sorry, your religious beliefs mean nothing when they hinder my civil rights. keep them to yourself and don't interfere with other people's lives that have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. as for anthony sowell, again it's very upsetting that people who committ sexual assaults against women and children spend less time in jail then people who committ non-violent drug offenses. it's disgusting really, and it's how a serial killer was let back onto the streets to terrorize innocent people. i hope they put his murdering ass underneath the jail this time.

sloane220 3 years 27 weeks

i'm upset but not suprised by what happened in maine.@jayde- straight marriage has never really been that sanctified. sorry, your religious beliefs mean nothing when they hinder my civil rights. keep them to yourself and don't interfere with other people's lives that have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.as for anthony sowell, again it's very upsetting that people who committ sexual assaults against women and children spend less time in jail then people who committ non-violent drug offenses. it's disgusting really, and it's how a serial killer was let back onto the streets to terrorize innocent people. i hope they put his murdering ass underneath the jail this time.

staple salad 3 years 28 weeks

I think we need to do away with marriage entirely. Something is a marriage if the two people getting married call it a marriage, as does the person who marrys them. Otherwise, there's another, separate, legal term that grants rights. Marriage itself has absolutely no rights attached to it, and is just a word. Everyone wins! Yaaay!

staple salad 3 years 28 weeks

chloe bella 3 years 28 weeks

Pervasive, government-imposed discrimination in the name of a religion that preaches "treating others how you want to be treated" above all else is just mind-blowing to me.

bchicgrl 3 years 28 weeks

Maine saying no to this doesn't surprise me at all considering Californians said no on gay marriage which I think is a crock of sh*t. Who are we to tell anyone they can or cannot get married. It should be everyone's own personal choice.

ella1978 3 years 28 weeks

As far as the gay marriage thing is concerned: I'm Catholic, but I am pro gay rights. I personally think that if marriage is a "religios term" than only weddings that take place in a church should have the title.. gay or straight. People who get married by a JOP or outside of the church they have some other title "civil union" or what ever... gay or straightThat way it isn't an issue of religion or sexual orientation. If you were united in a church its a marriage, outside of the church it's a union, regardless of gay or straight. My fiance's first 'marriage' was to a woman at the JOP. That would then be a civil union, because it was a civil ceremony.Peronsally, the words "marriage" and "civil union" could be "pink" and "brown". I think that if it were the same standards for everyone, that it would make more sense.The fact that two people who love each other can't get the same rights if they are gay as they can when they are straight doesn't make sense at all - that is NOT a religious issue. If a gay couple have a union that lasts 25 years, and one spouse dies - and the other don't get custody of the kids because it was a gay union - that's when you know that something is wrong.I think people get too tied up in the labels and words.

ella1978 3 years 28 weeks

As far as the gay marriage thing is concerned: I'm Catholic, but I am pro gay rights. I personally think that if marriage is a "religios term" than only weddings that take place in a church should have the title.. gay or straight. People who get married by a JOP or outside of the church they have some other title "civil union" or what ever... gay or straight That way it isn't an issue of religion or sexual orientation. If you were united in a church its a marriage, outside of the church it's a union, regardless of gay or straight. My fiance's first 'marriage' was to a woman at the JOP. That would then be a civil union, because it was a civil ceremony. Peronsally, the words "marriage" and "civil union" could be "pink" and "brown". I think that if it were the same standards for everyone, that it would make more sense. The fact that two people who love each other can't get the same rights if they are gay as they can when they are straight doesn't make sense at all - that is NOT a religious issue. If a gay couple have a union that lasts 25 years, and one spouse dies - and the other don't get custody of the kids because it was a gay union - that's when you know that something is wrong. I think people get too tied up in the labels and words.

ella1978 3 years 28 weeks

Yoga. I didn't hear that part about the woman running into the store! How awful. I hope that at least some of these women's families can get some closure. It's kinda creepy to think that this guy has been running amuck around here for who knows how long, and even creepier.. he looks sort of familair (of course that's probably just my mind going into overdrive....) Anyways - I hope that this guy wasn't trying to be "infamous" like other serial killers. But guaranteed in a few years, we will start hearing the story come out in the public... books, movies, tv specials... How sad.

ella1978 3 years 28 weeks

Yoga. I didn't hear that part about the woman running into the store! How awful. I hope that at least some of these women's families can get some closure. It's kinda creepy to think that this guy has been running amuck around here for who knows how long, and even creepier.. he looks sort of familair (of course that's probably just my mind going into overdrive....)Anyways - I hope that this guy wasn't trying to be "infamous" like other serial killers. But guaranteed in a few years, we will start hearing the story come out in the public... books, movies, tv specials...How sad.

3 years 28 weeks

:D:

spacekatgal 3 years 28 weeks

No, Jade30 called for them to be deleted, and the community manager agreed. I don't make a habit of attacking people, and have a long history of discussing these things civilly here. But apparently she feels I did. I don't wish to argue the point, and my official policy is to ignore these kinds of people - which I will do with all of her further comments.

spacekatgal 3 years 28 weeks

PhillyEagles1 3 years 28 weeks

Where the heck did SKG other comments go? Can you delete away your own comments after you post them? Just curious

3 years 28 weeks

Thank you very much, flickster, for your comments. Have a wonderful day! :)

elizabethsosewn 3 years 28 weeks

Jayde 30 is right. We shall all treat each other with respect. I respect her concern about how God judges her. It is a fear that many have. I also have to argue that this country has a few rules that we're supposed to live by, and one of them is Separate Church From State. And that rule pretty much means that we can't make rules based on religion. That is after all why we created our own country, and left England. Religious Freedom. And with that religious freedom you cannot make rules for a whole country based on a religion, let alone a religion that only some of the population follows. That's the law. Maintaining a definition based on old traditions is also just a way of avoiding change. People and things evolve. The whole reason we have cars, and planes and trains is because someone decided to change things. While new technology and new society definitions of things have to change. Vocabulary from the 1800s would only slightly mean what we mean today. And that's because as a society the language has evolved. Since you cannot make a rule based on religion, you have no right to say that the word marriage cannot be applied to something that you see as "morally wrong." You find it morally wrong because of your religion, and because of that, you cannot make Marriage a term only applied to straight unions.

elizabethsosewn 3 years 28 weeks

3 years 28 weeks

I am very sorry that you feel that way, spacekatgal. Unfortunately, I am really only concerned with how God judges me--not so much history. Two of my dearest friends are homosexual (males) and they somewhat think all of the hullabaloo regarding gay marriage is a little ridiculous. I think the label is important to some simply based on their faith, the original definition of marriage being that it is between a man and woman. That is all. Nothing I decided to come up with on my own. But, as much as any of us may disagree about something, I really want to encourage all of us on here, regardless of the topic, to attempt civility and respect with each other while commenting.

3 years 28 weeks

I just don't understand how the public should be allowed to vote on a matter of basic civil rights. The majority should not be allowed to grant / take away the rights of a minority. I can't believe it was gov't-approved legislation and they put it to a stinkin' public vote! ugh.

LaurenG22 3 years 28 weeks

I can see gay couples not getting married in the Catholic Church but hell, they should be able to get married in a court house. :oy:

Zivanod 3 years 28 weeks

Why is the word "marriage" so sacred? Why do some people think that term should be for straight couples only? Jayde you agree that gay couples should have the rights as straight couples but not the same terminology? What is that supposed to mean exactly? Don't be so ridiculous! Any two people of a consenting age should be allowed to lawfully wed. Shame on Maine and every other state that is afraid of equality.

Zivanod 3 years 28 weeks

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