Responding to a groundswell of support from acrossState Sen. Brannigan (D-Cumberland County) represents part of Westbrook.
Maine for marriage equality, more than fifty state senators and representatives
signed on to co-sponsor “An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and
Affirm Religious Freedom,” sponsored by Senator Dennis S. Damon (D-Hancock
County). Together, they represent Maine’s smallest towns and largest
cities from Calais to Bangor to Lewiston to Kittery. The list represents
first-term legislators and the Senator with the longest overall legislative
service, Senator Joseph Brannigan.
[Update: About Town has now listed all fifty co-sponsors, including State Sen. Phil Bartlett (D-Cumberland County) and State Rep. Ann Peoples (D-Westbrook). Thus, State Rep. Tim Driscoll (D-Westbrook) is the only member of the Westbrook delegation not listed as a co-sponsor for the bill.]
- John C.L. Morgan
1 comment:
All States should get out of the marriage business. Marriage should be replaced with a contract that indicates who you partner is, that way the State can keep their fee. Then all this nonsense will be over with. Religious people will have their marriage in a church, non religious people will have a service of some kind, and people that don't want either can have it that way also.
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