"The tide of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples -- which has swept across New England in recent months -- has stopped at Maine. Voters rejected a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. The repeal comes just six months after the measure was passed by the Maine legislature and signed by the Democratic Gov. John Baldacci. Maine would have been the sixth state in the country to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, but instead becomes the 31st state to oppose the unions in a popular vote." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Was this a prop 8 sorta thing with squillions of dollars coming in from other states to beef up the lobbies on either side of the issue? - Daniel J. Pritchett

Does a bear poop in the woods? http://irregulartimes.com/index... - Steven Perez from IM

It's just kinda weird when people are all "woo state's rights, let's not worry about this on a national level" and then the per-state campaigns are all managed by national entities. - Daniel J. Pritchett

A mob is also democratic. Just look at Bosnia. - Terris of California