Of course among the most prominent sponsors of Question 1 are major Jeebus Industry organizations such as the Holy Roman Catholic Church - which has reduced child rape up to 5% this year, and other self righteous groups who actually believe they have an invisible super pal who lives in a secret compartment concealed behind the sky and cries every time two guys kiss.

There also are some people who do believe in an Imaginary Bearded Sky Daddy yet still think each person should have equal justice under the law, but these are ordinary people who work at honest jobs, not priests who wear dresses, complain about other people's morality, then leer at 12 year old altar boys.

Most religious leaders are still desperately interested in protecting the Sanctity of Bigotry because it gives them an imagined handle on moral superiority and it sure brings in the cash from homophobic parishioners.

And it barely needs to be said that the Republican Party, a/k/a Party of Jesus, would be perfectly happy if they could ride a wave of fear mongering, homophobia, and spiteful innuendo to election victory. It has worked for them in the past.

Will this be the first time in the United States that the Jeebus Industry loses at the polls with one of their piously spiteful ballot measures? As a militant atheist fag I sure hope it will be.

Good luck to the wonderful people of Maine!

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Of course we can all be certain that the bigots are already up in arms, inventing euphemistic slogans in an attempt to make their Jeebus-brand homophobic bigotry look like decency and righteousness. The legislature and the Governor of Maine would seem to disagree with the Bible thumping bigots, as they have come to the conclusion that all citizens should have equal rights under the law.

Our hat is off today to the Governor, legislature, and the rest of the government of the beautiful state of Maine. We have often had the great pleasure of visiting Maine, and the people there have always been friendly, open-minded, and pleasant. Perhaps Maine has a lower percentage of citizens afflicted by bigotry-laden religious delusions, but whatever the reason this news is good news for everyone except the Party of Jesus.

Religious bigots in Maine that think gay marriage is horrible are still free to not marry a same sex partner. Their freedom of bigotry has not been compromised, all that has happened is that the state government has declined to honor the Sanctity of their Bigotry under the law that affect all citizens of Maine, whether they are religious or rational.

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