The PR firm that organized the Prop 8 drive in California has been hired in the state of Maine to help overturn the gay marriage law that will go into effect in September. GLBT activists in the state have responded by hiring Jesse Connolly, chief of staff to House Speaker Hannah Pingree, who will take a leave of absence from the State house to resume his activist work. Connolly led the successful 2005 effort, "Maine Won't Discriminate," which protected the state's existing gay rights.
The state of Maine has consistently rejected anti-gay legislation, as early as 1991. I have cause to hope they will reject the new challenges coming their way now. Don't disappoint me, Maine.
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