Wish the citizens were allowed to come up with ways to get around stuff like this! It all comes down to money, yet they will keep making their high wages. Why is it that some Republican lawmakers really want to see the return of child labor? State legislative...
"Maine’s tea party-backed Gov. Paul LePage (R) said that the NAACP can “kiss my butt,” after the civil rights organization criticized LePage for declining invitations to attend events honoring Martin Luther King Day. The NAACP had invited LePage to events in Portland...
Central Maine power outages have affected an estimated 130,000 homes and businesses due to the winter storm. Central Maine Power Company (CMPC) said the restoration may take days.A major winter storm in the...
MAINE NEWSPAPER REPORTER CLAIMS WRONGFUL TERMINATION, CHARGES "ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS" OVER INCENDIARY GAY MARRIAGE EMAIL Larry Grard, a Maine newspaper reporter who has written for 18 years for the Waterville Morning Sentinel, was...
After the referendum Question One won on the ballot on November 3 in the state of Maine, gay advocacy groups such as Maine for Marriage Equality began going after Churches who supported "YES on Question One" for the repeal of gay marriage. They have done...
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law analyzed newly released data by the U.S Census Bureau that offers the first demographic picture of same-sex couples. Advancing...
The Bradley Effect is a political phenomena named after the African American politician Thomas Bradley who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite being far ahead in the polls. It was found that people told pollsters they intended to vote...
PORTLAND, Maine In the aftermath of the repeal of gay marriage in the bellwether state of Maine, both sides are reflecting, and looking to the future. The gay marriage advocacy groups are vowing...
The defeat in Maine on same-sex marriage continues to bother many and opinions differ on why Maine residents voted for or against same-sex marriage. Some believe Rural-Urban divide was at work in Maine's repeal...
"Opinions may differ on particular strategies. But the unofficial results show that, as with many other cultural issues, whether Mainers voted for or against same-sex marriage largely depended on where they call home." ~Bangor Daily News Online There has been...
While Conservatives celebrated Maine voters' repeal of a law that would allow gay couples to marry, gay rights leaders blame television ads and President Obama for the Gay marriage loss in the state of Maine. "...
Ken Harvey, an accomplished author who won the Violet Quill Award for Best Gay Fiction of the Year, for a book of short stories, "if you were with me everything would be all right" finds himself, as he has in...
Yes on One referendum wins , 53% In nearly identical margins to the Proposition 8 in California win, Yes on Question One, to repeal gay marriage, won in the state of Maine last night. This is a blow to the gay marriage movement, hoping...
PORTLAND, Maine—Maine's election officials say they anticipated the strong voter turnout at their state's polling booths, and that the number is likely be far higher than average in large part...
One of the top leading blogs in political America, "Politico" - often cited by MSNBC - believes that Maine may prove to be the national bellwether state on the issue of gay marriage. Question One tops the ballot today as voters head out...