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Protests Against Maine Same-Sex Marriage Repeal Spread to Texas
Would you have predicted that a vote regarding gay marriage would have brought Texas and Maine closer together? Believe it. In the wake of the 2009 Yes vote on Ballot Question One, repealing same-sex marriage equality in the state of Maine, protests have broken out in Dallas, Texas declaring solidarity with gay... »
Diocese of Portland Closes Churches for Lack of $50K, Spends $554K to Outlaw Gay Marriage
Item: Citing a Biddeford Parish deficit of $48,000, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced in August 2009 that it would be closing down three churches there. Item: As of October 20, 2009 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland had spent $553,608.27 on its campaign to outlaw same-sex marriage in the state of Maine. »
DC Family Research Council Takes Leading Role in Stand for Marriage Maine
There are two recent indications that the Family Research Council of Washington, DC has taken a leading role in (if not the reins of) the anti-gay-marriage group called Stand for Marriage Maine. Tony Perkins, head of the controversial Christian political organization, sent a video message to sympathetic Maine congregations toward the end of August 2009... »