People in Maine who can get married by the state:
Christians
Muslims
Hindus
Buddhists
Jews
Zoroastrians
Pantheists
Agnostics
Atheists
Divorcees
Widows/Widowers
Convicted Felons
Teenagers
Parents
The Elderly
Schizophrenics
Immigrants
Veterans
Public Servants
House Servants
College Professors
The Illiterate
Women
Men
Hermaphrodites
Movie Stars
Porn Stars...
People in Maine who, currently, can not under any circumstances get married by the state:
Gays.
If you think homosexuality is a choice, and a bad one, than I'd like to point out in the CAN column: Convicted Felons.
If you think homosexuality is an illness, a disease, then I'd like to point out all the mentally ill people who are married and have families.
I am a gay woman. I am also a citizen of Maine. I work in this state. I go to school in this state. I pay my taxes, I vote, and I live my life in this state. Yet as a gay woman, I can not get married in this state. I can not gain the same rights that other citizens of Maine share, yet I share all of the responsibilities that other citizens do.
I am a gay woman.
Because I am gay, I am a second-class citizen of Maine.
For those of you who already support Sen. Damon's bill to allow civil marriage to all citizens of Maine, regardless of the biological sex of the couple, thank you.
To those of you who don't, why? Please, tell me. Tell me why you believe that because of my sexual orientation, I do not have all the rights other citizens of my state do. I want to understand your points of view, but I don't. So please, explain it to me, as I and the rest of my community are trying to explain to you.
CIVIL MARRIAGE IS A CIVIL RIGHT.
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