Maine Gay Marriage Supporters Collect 60K Pledges to Vote Against Repeal

Supporters of gay marriage have gathered more than 60,000 signatures from people pledging to vote against a repeal of Maine's new law allowing same sex marriage. The group that now calls themselves No On One/Protect Maine Equality says the signatures were gathered mostly by volunteers and are from people from Fort Kent to Kittery and everywhere in between. Organizers hope to get 150-thousand pledges by election day. Opponents of gay marriage remain focused on gathering their own signatures for a petition to put a repeal vote on the November ballot. Stand For Marriage Maine will submit their signatures to the Secretary of State on Friday. They will not say how many they've gathered, only that it is well in excess of of the 55,000 required. Full Story from WCSH6

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