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Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage

Nov. 4, 2009
Voters in Maine have repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. Gay marriage has now lost in all 31 states in which it has been put to a popular vote. Five states have granted same-sex marriage through the courts or their legislatures. Activists in Maine say the loss is...
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Maine voters nix same-sex marriage

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AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Supporters of same-sex marriage say they'll regroup after voters in Maine repealed the state's gay marriage law.

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CONCORD, N.H., June 3 (UPI) -- Gays will be able to get married in New Hampshire starting in the new year after Gov. John Lynch signed same-sex marriage legislation Wednesday.

Maine legalizes same-sex marriage

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

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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.

Gay marriage opponents target court in ads

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Opponents of same-sex marriage in California are targeting state judges rather than gay couples in a ballot initiative ad campaign, observers say.

Mass. lawmakers defeat gay marriage ban

BOSTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Massachusetts legislators Thursday narrowly decided against letting voters determine whether to ban same-sex marriage.

Eight states to vote on same-sex ban

MADISON, Wis., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Same-sex marriage will be on the ballot in eight U.S. states this November but gay advocates are most interested in South Dakota, Wisconsin and Colorado.

Indiana Senate approves gay marriage ban

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A bill that would prohibit same-sex marriage began working its way through Indiana's Legislature with an overwhelming 42-8 vote in the state Senate.

Gay-marriage ban to face Arizona voters

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch