Last week, Bangor City Council also unanimously passed a resolution endorsing Question 1.
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Ads to repeat Obama’s words on gay rights
A group says it will air the ads supporting same-sex marriage in the states that have issue on the ballot, including Maine.
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Gay marriage advocates call on Obama’s support
An organization called LegalizeLove.com was delivering a bullhorn and a wedding cake with two grooms to Obama’s campaign headquarters in Portland on Monday.
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Truth Test: Ad misses mark on gay partners’ rights
Ad: ‘Same-sex couples already have the legal protections of marriage in virtually all circumstances.’
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Political Notebook: What will deal maker Dill do?
In an interview, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee first slams the door on the idea of leaving the race, then opens it a crack.
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Human Rights Campaign gives $225K more to same-sex marriage
The country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization has now given $703,000 to the Maine campaign.
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Voters poll: 55% back same-sex marriage
But the polling firm says support may be ‘inflated’ and results much closer.
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Former NFL commissioner donates to gay marriage
Paul Tagliabue served as commissioner of the NFL for 17 years until he retired in 2006.
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Gay marriage supporters launch new ad in Maine
In the ad put out by Mainers United for Marriage, state Republican Rep. Stacey Fitts of Pittsfield says he now thinks that government shouldn’t tell anybody “who they can love and who they can marry.”
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More check ‘none’ on religious ties
The growing national trend could affect political races, analysts say, especially in the case of same-sex marriage.