AUGUSTA, Maine, May 6 (UPI) -- Maine Gov. John Baldacci Wednesday signed a bill making same-sex marriage legal in the state.

CONCORD, N.H., March 27 (UPI) -- The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, although the bill appears unlikely to become law.

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A rally opposing legislation to allow same-sex marriage in Maine drew an estimated 1,000 people, even though the legislation has yet to be introduced.

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Same-sex marriages would be allowed in Maine under a bill introduced by a Democratic state lawmaker, political observers said.

BOSTON, March 31 (UPI) -- An obscure 1913 law has surfaced as a partial legal roadblock to same-sex marriages in Massachusetts.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A Baltimore Circuit Court judge has struck down Maryland's 33-year-old law against same-sex marriage, but state officials have already filed an appeal.

LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A top British judge has come out in favor of changing marriage laws to allow same-sex couples a legal relationship close to marriage.

CHICAGO, May 17 (UPI) -- Dozens of gay activists marched outside Chicago's City Hall demanding the right to marry as the first same-sex couple was legally wed in Massachusetts.

BOSTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The major public policy voice of the Jewish community in greater Boston has voted overwhelmingly to back same-sex marriage.

BOSTON, March 4 (UPI) --