Tag Archives: Equality Maine
Michaud gets major boost from Obama and a surprise move by an opponent
Media attention on Maine's gubernatorial race was split Thursday between President Obama's rally for U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s bid to become the first openly gay person elected governor of any state and the shake-out over pro-gay third party opponent Eliot
Summer Finale: ‘doing this stupid thing’
A Seventh Circuit panel grilled attorneys for Indiana and Wisconsin this week over their reasons for banning marriage for same-sex couples. The Supreme Court extended a stay last week on a Fourth Circuit decision that Virginia's ban on marriage for
Speed Read: New DOD regs publish today
The Defense Department's new regulations on identification cards --including for same-sex spouses-- goes into effect today. Justice Sonia Sotomayor may announce today whether to grant a stay of the court decision in Utah that has allowed same-sex couples to marry.
Speed Read: Mayor Parker wins a round
A federal judge in Texas refused Thursday to grant a stay of Houston Mayor Annise Parker's policy of granting equal benefits to gay married city employees. A federal judge in Arizona has agreed to let Lambda Legal's lawsuit for state
Maine marriage ballot measure submitted
Equality Maine and its supporters announced Thursday (January 26) that they will submit more than 105,000 signatures to the Secretary of State to put on the ballot in November a measure seeking to establish marriage equality for same-sex couples.