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Friday, May 16, 2008
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AUGUSTA, Maine — A day after California´s Supreme Court ruled that gay couples in that state can marry, an initiative to repeal Maine´s gay rights law and reaffirm its law against gay marriages is moving forward.
Maine election officials say they expect to give the Christian Civic League of Maine the go-ahead next week to start a petition drive aimed at sending the proposal to the Legislature -- and then probably to voters -- no sooner than November 2009.
The civic league´s proposal would repeal Maine´s law protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination. It would reaffirm Maine´s prohibition of same-sex marriage. It also would bar clerks from issuing marriage licenses to persons of the same sex, and bar municipalities from licensing civil unions.
In California, religious and social conservatives want a public vote in November on a proposal to undo Thursday´s supreme court ruling and ban gay marriage.
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