Item 108742 - Love Demands Justice equal rights sign, Portland, 2009
- Item 108742 - Love Demands Justice equal rights sign, Portland, 2009
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Image Info This sign was carried in the Portland Pride parade on June 20, 2009 after Governor Baldacci signed the marriage equality law in Maine the month before. But in November, a “people’s veto” repealed the marriage law at referendum.
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In 2012, advocates used a citizen initiative process to place a marriage law before voters, who this time approved of the measure allowing same-sex couples to marry.