Judgment day for gay marriage

What Maine's vote means for the future of same-sex marriage

Maine voters will decide Tuesday whether to uphold a law signed in May allowing gay couples to get married. Maine would be the first state to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box -- but polls show an even fight. What does the vote mean for the future of gay marriage?

This could be a leap forward for gay marriage: "Don't be mistaken: This is a historic election," says Chellie Pingree in The Huffington Post. If Maine becomes the first state to "support marriage equality in a statewide vote"—after the anti-gay-marriage forces defeated Prop. 8 in California—the victory for fairness and equality "will resonate across the country and, I guarantee, through the halls of Congress."

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