Gretchen Robbins, of Winthrop, Maine, smiles while hugging Sarah Reece of Los Angeles, after Maine's House members gave final approval to a same-sex marriage bill at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. ( AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
After LD 1020 passed in Maine’s Senate 20-15 and then the House 89-57, the Governor, John Baldacci, decided to stand on the right side of history and sign the bill into law. Baldacci stated that, “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage.” – CNN
Equality warriors in Maine will now prepare for a possible challenge if grouchy residents put this on the ballot to be overturned.
Maine now becomes the fifth state after Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont, and Connecticut to legalize gay marriage. So far none of these states have been plagued with locusts or fallen off the continent due to their gayness.
New Hampshire is next. Their bill is poised to be sent to the desk of Governor Jon Lynch.
