AUGUSTA (AP) — It’s been almost a year since Maine voters repealed the state’s same-sex marriage law, but the issue remains alive.
Political action committee financial reports show that activists are spending plenty to elect legislators friendly to their side.
Maine Public Radio reports that Equality Maine has already spent nearly $45,000 this year to elect pro-gay marriage candidates to the Legislature, and to defeat those who oppose it. On the other side, the National Organization for Marriage has funded fliers that tell voters of how candidates in their districts have voted or would vote on same-sex marriage.
University of Maine Political Science Professor Mark Brewer tells MPBN that emotional, hot-button issues such as gay marriage don’t really ever fade from the political landscape.
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