Maine: Equality Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine — Supporters of traditional marriage gathered Sunday night at the Augusta Civic Center to voice their opposition to a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in Maine and a competing measure that would extend to domestic partners the same benefits married couples have.

Representatives of the Maine Family Policy Council, formerly the Christian Civic League of Maine, the Maine Jeremiah Project, Concerned Women for America of Maine and the Roman Catholic Diocese participated in the “Stand for Marriage Rally.”

“This is a national battle being fought on every front,” Tony Perkins, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian Family Resource Council, told the crowd that filled three large function rooms in the civic center.

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The PPH has this story about the role Maine's senators will play regarding the stimulus package:

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe are playing key roles as the Senate struggles to fashion an economic stimulus package that enjoys bipartisan support.

The two Maine Republicans, moderates with a willingness to work with Democrats, are deeply involved in negotiations to shape a bill that blends tax cuts and targeted spending.

They will meet with President Obama in the White House today as part of a group of senators summoned to discuss the stimulus. Both agree that a stimulus is needed, but both have expressed concerns about the $819 billion bill passed by the House last week.

Photo: Charles Dwyer of Augusta collects postcards for Equality Maine.

LEWISTON -- Equality Maine, the state’s biggest advocacy group for gay rights, has people at the polls collecting support for same-sex marriage in the state.

They are asking people to sign postcards. They will bring them to the Legislature next year, in hopes of getting legislation introduced and passed.