SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President 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 celebrated Maine voters’ rejection of a law that would have allowed gay couples to wed.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Gay rights leaders blame television ads, Obama for loss in Maine
November 4, 2009
(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
Supporters of same-sex marriage meet on the steps of City Hall, in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, a day after voters rejected the gay marriage law that was passed last May.
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