Same Sex Marriage Debate Heats up Again

Same Sex Marriage Debate Heats up Again

by WABI-TV5 News Desk - July 15th 2010 04:40am - Read more Local News

(AP) - The National Organization for Marriage has kicked off its "One Man, One Woman" bus tour in Maine, where residents last year rejected a law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed.

About 100 supporters of traditional marriage showed up at Wednesday's rally in Augusta. NOM President Brian Brown said it's important to start the 19-state tour in a place where people "voted to protect marriage."

Meanwhile, about 80 supporters of gay marriage showed up at a press conference at the nearby State House on Wednesday to show they're continuing their efforts to educate and press for same-sex marriage.

NOM donated nearly $2 million to Stand for Marriage Maine, the political group that led the fight to repeal the gay marriage law.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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"Education" has nothing to do with it! What the Gay Marriage Nazis mean is that they will not accept the will of the majority.That a (very small) minority should be able to run slip-shod over the majority, and dictate what they MUST accept! Of course if the number were reversed, they would call it a "Mandate From The Voters". As it is, the votes were just stupid, uneducated bigots.

Gay community; What part of NO did you not understand? The N, or the O?

Jon 07/15/2010 06:07 am

Jon, I truly feel sorry for you. The basis of what this country stands for it human rights. Many checks and balances have been put into place to protect the minority from the majority. Without them, Jim-Crow laws would still exist.

Laws should be in place to protect and help people, not punish or remove rights. Decisions around them should be based on the BEST information available. Studies show only positive effects of gay marriage. There is no damage nor reduction in straight marriages.

MarkOH 07/15/2010 05:20 pm