Maine marriage victory proves Americans 'aren't on board' with same-sex marriage, says expert

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CNA STAFF, Nov 6, 2009 / 11:58 am (CNA).- Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage, spoke to CNA about the victory of Question 1 in Maine, which repeals previous legislation legalizing gay ‘marriage.’ Gallagher said that the victory, which defies statistics and expectations, “is very heartening to marriage supporters and disappointing to gay ‘marriage’ advocates.”

Noting that the supporters of same-sex marriage were surprised and upset by this victory, Gallagher analyzed the circumstances leading up to the election. “The gay marriage advocates,” she told CNA on Thursday, “had a three-year head start. They put millions into building an extensive grassroots organization.” She also noted, “Maine was a socially liberal state… and they have the entire political establishment on their side.”

Also important in the preparation for the election, was the experience and information gathered from the failure of Proposition 8 in California. “They ran the kind of ads that the critics said would have won in California,” Gallagher said. But the voters in Maine rejected the proposition by an even larger margin than they had in California.

Question 1, an initiative which overturned the Maine legislature’s decision to recognize homosexual couples as married, passed on Tuesday by a margin of 52.9 to 47.1 percent.

The results of Monday’s election represent “a change in the social narrative they were trying to create,” says Gallagher. Despite all the preparation, the extra time, and the incredible financial advantage, the American people have made it known that “they aren’t on board with this gay ‘marriage’ thing,” she concluded.

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Published by: Dan
Saratoga 11/10/2009 03:42 PM EST

This is a serious question. Can any of you pro-homosexual "marriage" supporters give me a couple of good reasons why you think homosexuals should be allowed to marry each other? Obviously it's not about legal rights, visitation, insurance, inheritance, etc. because all those things can be easily arranged by any competent lawyer. So many of you are obviously anti-Christian, so I'm really curious why you want same-sex "marriage." It can't just be about "fairness" or any of the other buzzwords you use. From where I'm sitting, homosexuals already have more rights than anyone else. And they also have more money and more free time to spend it, what with the lack of children thing that goes along with the obvious natural inability of two homosexuals to reproduce. So really, what's this all about? I suspect it's an attempt to obtain government validation of your lifestyle, and step 2 is to enact laws that prevent people from speaking out against that lifestyle, and to use the police powers of the state to support these phony, sinful laws...oh wait, that's already happened, hasn't it!

Published by: Al
Gaithersburg MD 11/09/2009 06:37 PM EST

Collectivists (far left liberals, socialists) believe in and want to impose on the people gun control, abortion on demand, expansion of federal government power over states and munincipalities, amnesty for illegal aliens, affirmative action, higher taxes, socialized medicine, and same sex marriage. The purpose of this is to breakdown our free society and replace it with one in which the state reigns supreme, and gay marriage is one of the things that people are going to have to accept as part of it. This is breakdown of the family unit, which was advocated by Karl Marx.

Published by: Francis
Wareham MA 11/09/2009 11:56 AM EST

Jeffrey from Michigan said: "I think Maine shows that as low as homophobes lie about children being taught homosexual sex in schools, they can sway voters." Everything that the good people in Maine said about teaching homosexuality in schools to young children is absolutely CORRECT!! I live in Massachusetts where same sex "marriage" is "legal", and homosexual indoctrination in the schools is rampant, to children as young as 7 and 8! This was brought to court by a MA couple a few years ago. To John Visser from Hartford CT: Same Sex "marriage" was never accepted or legalized in any country in the history of mankind until the beginning of the 21st century.

Published by: John Visser
Hartford/CT/USA 11/06/2009 10:49 PM EST

To Francis: You are completely undeniably wrong. Same-sex "marriage" (as you call it) has been legalized by multiple countries and multiple states within the US. We must continue to fight these religionists who insist on denigrating other people who do not adhere to their interpretation of their dogma.

Published by: Lawrence Garrett
Fairfax Vemont USA 11/06/2009 09:45 PM EST

The defeat for gay marriage in Maine was an excellent kick in the butt for Vermonters here who tried to export their lack of values to another state. When Vermont passed this fake marriage, our local representative stated he made up his mind based on calls he got from OUT OF STATE, that were against gay marriage,not the wants of his district! He was even dumb enough to admit it. Such nonsense got the axe in Maine! GO MAINE!!!!!

Published by: Jeffrey
Michigan 11/06/2009 07:16 PM EST

I think Maine shows that as low as homophobes lie about children being taught homosexual sex in schools, they can sway voters. Obviously judges aren't fooled by the lies, and are overturning discriminatory marriage statutes. It's a shame people of faith have to resort to lying to achieve their questionable need to see same-sex marriage outlawed. God's watching. It would interesting to know his thoughts on these deceitful tactics.

Published by: Joe Mustich
Washington, CT, USA 11/06/2009 01:20 PM EST

It's time America. Cheers, Joe Mustich, Justice of the Peace, Washington, Connecticut, USA. And congrats to all the couples who came to CT to wed this summer from all around the country. And to the marriage police and sexually phobic, please find something else to do with your time, because life's to short. Find love.

Published by: John Raul
Philippines 11/06/2009 01:14 PM EST

It hasn't reached the tipping point yet but eventually it will. Take a look at the results in Washington.

Published by: christine
ma 11/06/2009 12:57 PM EST

Rate: Regular

No, what this proves is that the majority should never be asked to vote on what is best for the minority...and that bigotry exists even in "liberal states".

Published by: Alan
Seattle, WA 11/06/2009 12:57 PM EST

What it shows me is that civil rights should not be up for a vote. Ever. At the time of the Loving v. Virginia decision in 1967, only 30% of the American public supported interracial marriage.

Published by: Francis
Wareham Ma 11/06/2009 12:37 PM EST

Rate: Very Good

In the history of Man there has never been ANY society on earth that has ever legalized or normalized same sex "marriage". Even in pagan antiquity this was never legalized or accepted by any civilization or state/country. Marriage between a man and a woman predates even the Catholic Church. Marriage between a man and a woman for millennia was the backbone of civilization. When the family disintegrates, it is not long before that civilization disintegrates along with it(ancient Greece and Rome come to mind). Yes, modern "science" has played God in "procreating" Man in test tubes in laboratories, but this social engineering of trying to change the civil or religious definition of Marriage and the family done by these secularist liberals will eventually lead to the end of Western civilization as we have known it for thousands of years. We must continue to fight these secularist, new world order people and stand up for what is right! Before it is too late.

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