Category: News Author : Duncan Riley Posted: November 3, 2009
Tags : gay rights, maine election results 2009, maine gay marriage, maine gay marriage poll, maine gay marriage results, maine gay marriage vote, maine gay marriage vote results
UPDATE: Maine has banned gay marriage. See updates.
The residents of Maine look likely to follow the lead of California and ban gay marriage with a ballot measure overturning legal gay marriage pulling to a bigger lead.
The Maine gay marriage vote asked Maine voters if they wanted to repeal a gay-marriage bill signed into law in May by Democratic Governor John Baldacci.
With 73% of all votes counted for the day (Maine voters voted for Governor and a variety of ballot measures), the Yes to Proposition 1 vote (ban gay marriage) was ahead 51.86% to 48.14%, a gap of over 16,000 votes.
Local media outlets are calling the vote as too close to call, however the trend has sided away from the No vote, which earlier lead the evening by a small margin.
Update: the gap widened again at 74% of the count to 51.93% yes.
Update 2: at 76% the gap is out to 52.13%.
Update 3: at 80% counted, yes is up to 52.47%. My maths might be rusty, but that’s nearly a neat 5% gap now. Sadly, yes looks like it will win.
Update 4: at 87% counted, yes is up 52.75%. It would be a miracle now for that lead to turn around.
Update 5: AP and local media now confirm that gay marriage is banned in Maine, as we’ve been reporting for nearly 2 hours. A sad day that even Maine won’t extend equality.
Dec 6, 2011
This is a very sad day for the rights of homosexuals in Maine. My heart goes out to them.
Dec 6, 2011
Love is a beautiful thing n should be celebrated ALWAYS. ..sad that laws haven't kept up w the times
Dec 6, 2011
It is incredibly sad and frustrating for couples who simply want to get married. Not hurt anyone else…just live their lives…and can't.
Dec 6, 2011
Booooooooo!
Dec 14, 2011
It is a sad day that those voters can dictate who can marry and who cannot especailly when those voting it affects them in no way whatsoever. What does the voter obtain from banning gay marriage, except to have the law on their side of discrimination. If you say it is not natural then why not ban marriage or fidelity altogether? It is more "natural" for the male species to sow his seed and move on than it is to commit to a lifelong relationship in the animal kingdom folks. You say it is a sin in the bible, so is planting corn and rye in the same row, allowing a woman to speak in the church, eating bacon, (god forbid a bacon wrapped scallop then that is a double sin!), and wearing wool and cotton together. Why cast a ballot that bans any interracial marriages too, there are enough racists out there that consider that to be an disgraceful act? And this is coming from a straight, white, married female FYI!