A Moneybomb For Marriage Equality in Maine

categories: Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, No on 1, Obama Administration and Gay Rights, State LGBT News

Published October 13, 2009 @ 05:00AM PT

No on 1 Maine

Well, it turns out that the Ron Paul presidential campaign was good for something -- it gave us the term moneybomb. And now LGBT activists are seeking to take the word and use it for marriage equality in Maine.

Before 11:59pm on October 15, activists are hoping to raise as much money as possible to support the No on 1 campaign and their efforts to beat back a ballot measure that will repeal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples in Maine. With the National Equality March now over, all eyes can literally turn toward the two states that are fighting ballot initiatives -- Maine, and Washington (which has Referendum 71 it must pass to retain full domestic partnership benefits).

MoveOn has helped raise money for No on 1. Thousands of other people have already given, too. But October 15 is a critical date that we can't afford to miss. It's the first day of early-voting in Maine, and also the last day for which campaigns have to report fundraising numbers. Imagine the momentum we'll have going into the full blast Get-Out-The-Vote efforts if we've got the kind of money that winning campaigns need.

As Joe Sudbay at Americablog writes, "The netroots and online community have been extremely generous...Let's wrap this one up big." He's right. We deserve to close strongly in Maine, so that we can take a victory there to every state in the country. If you can, donate through Americablog's ActBlue page, OpenLeft's ActBlue page, or Pam's House Blends ActBlue page now. Or better yet, hit up all three :)

And lastly, if you want to see the No on 1 campaign's latest ad, here it is:

(Photo courtesy of samm4mroxx's Photostream on Flickr.)

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Awesome, the old fashioned all american way. If nothing else works, throw ridiculous amounts of money around to get what we want :D

Seriously though, it is a good idea. This world is fueled by money, and there are very few politicians who wouldn't be against changing their stance on an issue if large enough "donations" were made to their campaign by a certain group.

As the saying goes, money talks and bullshit walks.

Posted by Paul Hockhousen on 10/13/2009 @ 05:53AM PT
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That was a beautifull ad for equality and your right mr. hockhousen although I just wish the bullshit filled bible thumpers WOULD walk...Off the ends of the earth.

Posted by Thomas McHugh on 10/13/2009 @ 01:49PM PT
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It's unfortunate that the very important right of same-sex marriage has been put on a ballot, however the people of Maine must vote no on 1 for the greatness of LGBT rights. It's good that orgnizations have joined for a Moneybomb in order to get as much money for protecting the bill which would recognize same-sex marriage in Maine. The ad by the No on 1 campaign tells the benign truth when it comes to lesbian or gay couples with children-stable families.

Posted by Edwin Bonilla on 10/13/2009 @ 03:53PM PT
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Michael is the Communications Director for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, and previously was Communications Director for Pax Christi USA, a progressive Catholic human rights organization.