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Arse, is the perfect name for you. No one is asking for special rights they are asking for equal rights, you know that little thing called the Constitution protects and gives equal rights to EVERYONE not just straight people. You know how much gays and lesbians being able to marry will invade your life, NONE. They will STILL be together, but this time in a legal sense. As, for being taught in school, evertime I see that commercial I can't help, but laugh at it. If you really think anything will be taught in school then you are just trying to find a reason to make yourself and others to vote against it. I can guarentee that nothing more will be brought up in school then that which is already there. Believe it or not parents, chances are your children go to school with gays and quite possibly could be friends with them.

Arse69,

Honestly, if you really think about it. I bet kids are talking about Gay Marriage now more than ever. It is on the radio, on television, in the newspaper. Most kids I bet are sick and tired of talking about it and probably can't wait until the vote is over so they don't have to talk about it anymore.

Now more than ever, I am willing to bet highschool kids are talking about it as a current event and they should be. So, if you really don't want it talked about in school ever again, then VOTE NO ON 1. That way, overtime it will just fade away like most other events. But keep this in mind, the more you put off the inevitable, the more kids are going to talk about it. In two years, we will collect enough signatures to put it back on the ballot. And kids will hear it all over again on the radio, on television, in the newspapers. The conversations will make their way into current event discussions over and over and over again until it finally passes. So give up the pathetic fight and accept the inevitable. Same Sex Marriage is here to stay. If not on November 3rd, then in a few years. The conversations will never end. As long as we remain vocal, as long as you have gay brother and gay sisters, gay sons and gay daughters, gay mothers and gay fathers, gay uncles and gay aunts, gay doctors and gay nurses, gay judges and gay lawyers, gay teachers and gay prinicipals, gay social workers and gay case managers, gay politicians and gay journalists, the battle will continue. We are everywhere. WE ARE AMERICA AND WE ARE HERE TO STAY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!

Arse69,

You fear mongering to the extreme. Do you really think people are going to buy that crap about gay sex being taught in schools? The problem with your argument is that you assume people who read it are stupid. Maybe if there are enough stupid people in Maine who believe your lies, then maybe, just maybe referendum 1 will pass.

Its time to evolve!

Ase69, Kids already know that there are gay people. They also know that these people are discriminated against by being unable to marry their partners. This law will have no effect on what kids know and don't know.

Elementary schools in Maine are too busy teaching reading, writing and math to squeeze in Homosexuality 101 . Or, maybe the schools can alternate and teach Homosexuality 101 one day and Heterosexuality 101 the next?!?

Vote No on Question 1

Protect them from what? Reality?

Lots of words have been redefined over the years... I remember when "gay" meant "happy", when "queer" meant "strange" and when a "fag" is something you smoked or used to light a fire. The argument that this law "redefines marriage" simply holds no water at all.

The base definition of marriage is "an intimate union", and doesn't apply only to people. Railroad cars are "married", and in songs there is a marriage between the lyrics and music.

If what you said about your friend and her former gay co-worker is true, that is unfortunate; however there are straight people who act that way as well. So if you are basing your opinion of all gay people because of the actions of one, that is good old fashioned discrimination.

Personally, I had hoped that in a society as "advanced" as ours that there would be more widespread understanding and tolerance. Sadly, I think we're only half a step away from rounding up all the homosexuals and burning them at the stake.

I don't know how the vote will turn out. The polls are close. But your post seems pretty logical to me.

I am simply amazed that there are people intelligent enough to write complete sentences, able to get to a computer and figure how to log into this webste, AND believe that homosexual marriage will be taught in schools! What an astounding disconnect from reality and common sense.
Do these people think there is a "how to be gay" workshop being worked in to the curriculum?
Oh, wait, I understand. They will tell children that some people have two Mommies at home, and no Daddy. Or two Daddies and no Mommy. (I am certain that kids would never learn about these things if they didn't have Gay education in schools.) That means that they are teaching that homosexuality and homosexual marriage are "OK." In which course will this stuff be taught? How can I find out online how my kids are doing in Gay Ed?
My kids learned about the assassination of several presidents, about wars, about religious persecution and murder on a massive scale within the classroom. They read. They see news programs onTV. They have not instigated or participated in a Holy War. I'll bet your kids have not done this yet either. Children in the religous schools of the Middle East, raised on ignorance and intolerance, may not be as innocent, thanks to their schooling.
Please please please, people---THINK! Don't be mindless sheep. Your Bible is too confusing to be of much help, and your religious leaders are flawed human beings like yourself. They have no special power over the truth. They are telling you what they want you to hear, not giving you any help in deciding for yourself. You need to experience reality.
If you are not homosexual, nobody is trying to force you over to the other side. There is no Gay agenda in the public classroom, just as there is no Satanist agenda, Democrat agenda or Republican agenda, or Christian agenda or Islamic agenda, etc. Teachers do not have the time away from state mandated curriculum to teach ANYthing else than Reading Writing and Math. They can't even teach music or art at many schools.

Mr. Spooner, I bow my head in respect to your service to our country. Thank you.