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Maine Gay Marriage Results..update-Gay Marriage Loses in Maine
Bangor Daily News ^

Posted on 11/03/2009 7:46:12 PM PST by HamiltonJay

28% Reporting, rejection of Gay Marriage up 50.51%


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: crushedfruits; election; faggots; fdrq; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; maine; me2009; prop1; protectmarriage; queers
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To: April Lexington

But, but . . . Obama promised them they could get married.

Oops, I guess he forgot to reserve Air Force One so he could campaign for them.


61 posted on 11/03/2009 9:37:35 PM PST by carolina71
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To: April Lexington

MAINE VOTERS REPEAL STATE LAW THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED GAY COUPLES TO MARRY

Read More:
http://email.foxnews.com/t?ctl=20CE:7C90D042E3DBB194C550BD8E7E55F520&;


62 posted on 11/03/2009 10:09:06 PM PST by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1, 4 if by Thread.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Barney Frank will not be pleased...
63 posted on 11/03/2009 10:10:36 PM PST by CurlyBill (1-20-13 can't get here fast enough!)
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To: HamiltonJay

New gay blacklist coming soon to Maine


64 posted on 11/03/2009 10:16:42 PM PST by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: icwhatudo

Sweet, Yes on 1 passed!!!


65 posted on 11/03/2009 10:19:39 PM PST by psychopuppy
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To: dervish

87% reporting

Yes — 265,939 52.8%
No — 238,169 47.2

Fox, AP, and NYTimes declare traditional marriage voters the winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


66 posted on 11/03/2009 10:21:03 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: icwhatudo

Finally, I’ve been updating every 20 minutes for 3 hours. The rural areas pulled it out again, actually by a larger margin than last time. Kudos to the organizers in Penobscot, Aroostook and Somerset counties.


67 posted on 11/03/2009 10:28:13 PM PST by MSF BU (++)
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To: MSF BU

Great News Thank you...I think the blinders may be falling off our country...We have got to keep up the momentum!!


68 posted on 11/03/2009 10:29:19 PM PST by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
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To: MSF BU

AP Calls it for the good guys!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378069/posts


69 posted on 11/03/2009 10:34:51 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: MSF BU

[[Kudos to the organizers in Penobscot, Aroostook and Somerset counties.]]

I had pretty much given up on maine (my homestate)- but this gives me new reason to hope again (although hte state is still turning whacko like VT-) Good to see there are still a majority of good honest folks there though, who value traditional marriage- I thought sure that after Boston allowed gay marriage, that Maine (often called ‘little Boston’ in certain parts) woudl follow suit- thankfully they haven’t


70 posted on 11/03/2009 10:54:58 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: CottShop

No they haven’t, and Rhode Island isn’t likely to fall either. Where the people have the ability to weigh in they vote this nonsense down; personally I believe Massachusetts would have done so as well.


71 posted on 11/03/2009 11:01:27 PM PST by MSF BU (++)
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To: MSF BU

[[Where the people have the ability to weigh in they vote this nonsense down;]]

Well- the whole of upstate NY USED to be very conservative- however, the last decade or so has really changed- they just keep voting in the liberals liek there’s no tomorrow- could happen in Maine too- but let’s hope not-


72 posted on 11/03/2009 11:06:45 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: MSF BU

I used to have hope for upstate NY, but after watchign time after time them go almost compeltely democrat- I’ve since lost all faith in them— it’s liek they have tied the noose aroudn their own necks, and think that tightening it little by little is the way to survive- they’ve lost their collective heads I’m afraid— Butr, mind you- I thought NJ was beyond hope too- but they proved me wrong tonight :)Maine still has hope-


73 posted on 11/03/2009 11:09:47 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: HamiltonJay

I pray this holds.


74 posted on 11/03/2009 11:12:21 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Onerom99
The way the trend is, Over the next 5-10 years we’ll be suffering defeat on alot of these gay marriage referendums.

I appreciate your pessimism. Optimism kills efforts.

Here's the upside: like Prop 8, Q1 picked up a few percentage points from the people who vote "no" in cases of uncertainty. One despondent Prop. 8 opponent estimated this number at as much as 5%.

Also, the gay activists blew $4 million in Maine without success, compared to the $2.5 million of successful marriage defenders. That's money that won't be influencing anywhere else.

If Maine witnesses the same kind of thuggery witnessed in the aftermath of Prop 8, that could also turn a few people away.

Democratically speaking, the key will be to swing about 20% of young people from the pro-SSM side to the traditional side. This is doable. Ten years ago, few adults would have thought SSM was a real threat, so we weren't preparing young people to avoid going wacky. We're a lot less naive now, and we're learning how to do this without sounding like the constipated village elders from Footloose.

I hear Maine focused on the threat of teaching about SSM in schools. That won't play to the 18-29 set, who don't have schoolkids and think they themselves are perfectly mature enough to handle "edgy" topics. A new approach is needed.

The elite level will be tough, since academia, the press, Hollywood, and some businesses and churches are now fully on the radicals' side. (And Dick Cheney, the turncoat...)

However, the press, Hollywood and liberal churches are declining in power.

If conservative churchgoing declines, and if pornography continues to undermine standards, things will be tough. But Progressives' belief in the inevitability of their victory is a weakness as well as a strength.

75 posted on 11/03/2009 11:17:23 PM PST by Dumb_Ox (http://twitter.com/kevinjjones)
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To: icwhatudo
I don't know how it went in the rest of the state, but here in Bangor they went all out for abnormality. I deal with the public every day and all I heard for a couple of weeks was inane chatter about "equality".

The city of Bangor went so far as to close all the former precinct polling places and had everybody vote at the Bangor Auditorium, thus (imo) suppressing the elderly vote and the votes of folks without transportation.

We had to wait in line over half an hour to vote and when we came out the line was longer than when we went in. It was hard to judge the crowd, even the ones who brought children with them to the polls.

But, a win is a win, is a win...

Never forget though that the left will repeatedly bring an issue back until they get the results they want and then declare the issue DOA ("the pipples have spoken!")

Beware of "entryism", the Stalinist term for leftist worms infiltrating conservative action groups...

76 posted on 11/04/2009 12:00:56 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Some peple couldn't see through the propaganda, which stripped to its essentials was "In these hard times when money is tight for everyone, you need to give us more of yours."

Hard to believe.

77 posted on 11/04/2009 12:08:16 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: Dumb_Ox

Just being honest. These referendums would of won 95-5 if they were held 50 years ago.. 80-20 if they were held 20 years ago.

It’s only a matter of time with the public school system indoctrination going on.


78 posted on 11/04/2009 12:13:01 AM PST by Onerom99 (I)
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To: Jim Noble

Legal enshrinement = government endorsement.

Government endorsement = government enforcement.


79 posted on 11/04/2009 12:16:09 AM PST by Z in Washington
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To: Onerom99

Quit much?


80 posted on 11/04/2009 12:17:07 AM PST by Z in Washington
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