Marriage equality bill introduced in Maine legislature
by: Pam Spaulding
Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=C37C744B1DDC531A7C30CDD77EA548C5?diaryId=9017Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union is, as we this post goes live, taking part in a press conference with the Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition as it introduces a civil marriage bill to the legislature. She said "We are purposefully doing a launch featuring sympathetic gay and lesbian couples, clergy, legislators and civil rights leaders in a very calm, positive atmosphere." Here is her diary.
Marry ME
By Shenna Bellows, Executive Director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union
I'm 33, single, and I want to get married. But I don't intend to do so until all the people I love can too under the law. With the work of a team of dedicated advocates, this year Maine will become the third New England state to legalize civil marriage for same-sex couples. And we'll be first in the country to pass civil marriage through the legislature...and keep it.
