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Mainers' 53-47 vote to reject gay marriage does more than simply slap down a law that just six months ago had made Maine the U.S.'s second state to permit same-sex couples to wed. With voters thronging to the polls, the closely watched - and ultimately not very close - vote extended the winning streak of gay-marriage opponents nationwide, who have now prevailed in more than 30 straight state elections over whether to allow gays to marry. Just like Californians one year ago, Maine voters insisted on having their say on an issue that simply will not go away...
...marriage activist Mary Bonauto, one of the nation's top lawyers involved in the campaign to legalize gay marriage. "It's about aligning promises found in the Constitution with America's laws." A leader in Maine's campaign to uphold gay marriage, Bonauto is best known for arguing the same-sex case that led the Massachusetts Supreme Court to strike down prohibitions against gay marriage in a hugely influential 2003 decision that paved the way for that state to become the first to permit gay marriage...
...ranks by capitalizing on a rival's internal friction, the Vatican said it would make it easier for Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church while retaining their own traditions. The world's 80 million Anglicans have grown increasingly divided in recent years over their church's stance on same-sex unions and the ordination of women and gays, prompting fears of a schism. Some analysts say the Vatican's move could be perceived as predatory, potentially imperiling efforts in recent decades to foster dialogue between the churches...
...complementary nature of gender roles and claims that a monogamous relationship between a man and a woman has been recognized throughout history and cultures as the ideal foundation for a family. Not only does this argument smack of essentialism and ignore empirical evidence that refutes the inferiority of same-sex parenting, but it is also made exclusively from a contemporary Western, Judeo-Christian perspective that ignores the presence of polygamy in many African and Muslim countries as well as its prevalence throughout history...
JULIAN BOND, chairman of the NAACP, during an Oct. 11 speech in which he urged African Americans to support the right of gays to wed. A recent Pew Research Center poll found that two-thirds of black Protestants oppose same-sex marriage...