Posted on 11/04/2009 3:29:27 PM PST by Zakeet
Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate.
Conservatives, in contrast, celebrated Maine voters' rejection of a law that would have allowed gay couples to wed, depicting it as a warning shot that should deter politicians in other states from pushing for same-sex marriage.
"Every time the citizens have voted on marriage, they have always sided with natural marriage," said Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based Christian legal group. "Maine dramatically illustrates the will of the people, and politicians should wake up and listen."
Gay activists were frustrated that Obama, who insists he staunchly supports their overall civil rights agenda, didn't speak out forcefully in defense of Maine's marriage law before Tuesday's referendum. The law was repealed in a vote of 53 percent to 47 percent.
"President Obama missed an opportunity to state his position against these discriminatory attacks with the clarity and moral imperative that would have helped in this close fight," said Evan Wolfson of the national advocacy group Freedom to Marry. "The anti-gay forces are throwing millions of dollars into various unsubtle ads aimed at scaring people, so subtle statements from the White House are not enough."
The White House, asked about the criticism, had no immediate comment.
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Had Maine's law been upheld by voters, it would have become the sixth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to affirm it by popular vote. In Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Iowa, gay marriage resulted from court decisions or legislation.
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Maybe people just disagreed with gay activists on the issue at hand. Liberals can never respect that people might just disagree with them. They have to have something else to blame, because of course no right thinking person would ever disagree with the liberal party line.
Obama’s fault! The new mantra of the Left.
Barry threw the gay crowd under the bus this time. When will the dim wits who voted for the Messiah finally get the message that it is all about Obama, all the time. Issues matter not to the Great One, the only thing that matters is his enormous ego.
Gee blame everybody else but themselves. Homosexuals will have to accept the truth. The majority of the worlds population will never accept the perversion of homosexuality.
0bama did it.
” First of all WTF is that in the photo “
That pink thing is Perez Hilton-real name something Hispanic.
He was the judge at the Miss America pageant that asked Miss California,
Carrie Prejean the question about gay marriage.
And we know what happened after that .
STOP IT!!!!!
I guess the complaints have started to go in...hope she receives many.
Even in Maine there are just enough sane people to stomp this crap down. Thank God.
One more down. ME.
Just have to lock down the other 14 now.
Is that Harry Potter?
>”Is that Harry Potter?”
Whatever it is, it probably IS hairy, er... Harry.
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