55,087 Signatures Threaten to Delete Maine's Marriage Equality

Should a group who has just won rights be denied them before they are even enacted?
- No

Does the majority have the power (and right) to deny liberties from a minority?
-Never; kinda like 'Jim crow' hmn...?

Is this fair?
- Not sure but I don't like it.

let's hope they fail....

equality for all!

Personally I never was a fan of majority or plurality rules politics. Just because a large group of people don't want same-sex marriages legal doesn't mean they should be illegal.

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If a bill that bans same-sex marriage or abortion or gay adoption passes through the legislature becomes law, the right-wingers cheer it on. If a supreme court decides in their favor, oh boy!

But the second a state's legislature legalizes same-sex marriage, they cry that the "people have to vote on it." Atleast that's what I noticed with the AFA and their ilk.

Sad that the homophobic Christian right still insists on trying to enforce its twisted morality. The ignorance and bigotry of right wing Christianity is simply intolerable.

Are you telling me that there are dudes that like to play with penises and dudettes that like to eat tacos?..... eating out flesh tacos?

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"homophobic christian right?" Instead of using labels, be honest- "christians who disagree with us". Of course, we have to look at what homophobia actually means- not YOUR own make believe definition. Phobia is a fear of something- arachnophobia- a fear of spiders, for example, claustrophobia- a fear of small enclosed spaces....homophobia, then would be a fear of homosexuals. To you, disagreement is the same thing as fear. If someone disgrees with you on this isue, they are "homophobic", despite the fact that you cannot prove they fear any homosexual. They disagree, so they are "haters." The morally and intellectually bankrupt use pet terms like "homophobe" in a pathetic attempt to marginalize and dismiss opposing arguments, in an attempt to silence those who disagree- a rational discussion or dialogue is out of the question for them. "Diversity" is given a new definition by them- "I believe in Diversity- I will respect and honor your opinion, just so long as you agee with me 100%. If you disagree with me, you're a bigot." The voters have spoken, again- but like in California, you can believe there will be an attempt to strong arm the voters and override the democratic process.......deal with it.

There is no middle ground. If you oppose gay marriage you suffer from homophobia and you are a bigot.

The analogy is the guy who says "I am not a bigot, I just think (blacks, jews, etc.) are second class citizens".

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I am a Christian, and one cannot have gay friends and fear them at the same time. It's not possible. It IS possible to condemn the behavior, and love the one who does it. Disagreement does not mean fear, and when you say that people who disagree with you fear homosexuals..well that's pretty Gestapo like as well as completely closed minded......Have you looked up the definitions in the dictionary? Apparently, you like to make things up as you go.....I don't consider people who disagree with me as "Christophobic." They don't fear Christians, they disagree with them. (At least the more rational ones do.)

Not to sound "Christian", but certainly if you oppose(hate) gay marriage, you must have homophobia....there are a lot of humans who cannot get over the slightest things......

IDK see why it matters to non-gay people whether or not gays have the same rights that Non-gay married couples do.

There shouldn't be an arguement over whether not they should have those rights,they are humans and american citizens just like everybody else.

Regardless, humans are the same and every human should automatically have the same amount of rights, simply because its only fair.....

Question number one that no anti-same-sex marriage believer seems to be able to answer:

how does same-sex marriage affect you?

I live in Canada, and it hasn't affected me yet. How many marriages in America happen every HOUR that don't affect you? What's the chance that a same-sex marriage will affect you? I'm guessing 0.

I fear to comment, the Truth would be painful. You can be gay, hoorah for you! But we all know that the marriage issue is economic in origin! Being gay is one thing, but being a liar is something else.