Maine tackles same-sex marriage as public has it’s say
”I remember that 40 years ago, Even people in Maine told us it was wrong to get married: ‘Blacks and whites should never marry.’ People say the same thing now about gay and lesbian couples…. It was wrong 40 years ago, it is wrong now!”
Bob Talbot, a member of the NAACP who is reportedly part of an interracial marriage and spoke before some 4,000 people at a public debate held at the Augusta, Maine civic center. (WABI) (Boston Globe)
”Parenting which we have known for all of history will no longer exist. Now I know I’m simply a farm boy from central Maine, but I learned many years ago that children don’t happen without a mom and without a dad.”
Phil Curtis, a Maine state representative who stood behind the podium labeled ”Opponents” to a new bill designed to legalize same-sex marriage. (WABI)
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