France, New Zealand, Australia, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington are taking up marriage issues in 2012. Could this be the year that same-sex marriage gathers important momentum?
The new cash infusion -- Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington -- going to brings HRC’s contributions to legislative and electoral marriage issues in the 2011-12 cycle to $4.8 million.
by Evelyn Schlatter - Hatewatch at Southern Poverty Law Center
Anti-gay extremists in Maine have a new talking point. In their battle against a marriage equality ballot initiative, they’re asking voters to reject “sodomy based marriage.”
The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear a constitutional challenge by the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOW) regarding a legal ruling in Maine that it violated election laws.
Three years after Maine voters rejected same-sex marriage, advocates have gathered the required number of verified signatures to put the issue of marriage equality back on the November 2012 ballot.
The National Organization for Marriage has lost its appeal of a lower court ruling that required the known anti-gay hate group to reveal its donor list in Maine.
A coalition of groups has delivered more than 105,000 signatures to the Maine Secretary of State's office to place a Citizens Initiative for marriage equality in the state on the Nov. 2012 ballot.
