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Same-sex marriage in Maine
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Maine since December 29, 2012. The bill for legalization was approved by voters, 53-47 percent, on November 6, 2012, as Maine, Maryland and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.〔 〕 Election results were certified by the Maine Secretary of State's office and the Governor of Maine on November 29.
The 2012 referendum was a reversal of action on a similar bill three years earlier. On May 6, 2009, a bill to allow same-sex marriage in Maine〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billtexts/SP038401.asp )〕 was signed into law, by Governor John Baldacci following legislative approval. Opponents of the bill successfully petitioned for a referendum before the law went into effect; voters rejected the law on November 3, 2009 in a "people's veto." Until the referendum result rejected the law, it appeared that Maine would be the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage through the legislative process with a governor's signature, rather than following a judicial ruling. Vermont was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage by statute, but its legislature did so by overriding its governor's veto.
Both U.S Senators from Maine, Republican Susan Collins and Independent Angus King, support same-sex marriage.
== 1997 legislation ==
I.P. 1 - L.D. 1017, An Act to Protect Traditional Marriage and Prohibit Same Sex Marriages, was passed on March 28, 1997. On March 27th, the House voted 106-39 on the bill followed by the Senate on the 28th which voted for the bill 24-10. The bill would have gone to referendum if it had been rejected by either the governor or the legislature, since the bill was initiated by referendum. 〔http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/28/us/maine-legislature-votes-to-ban-gay-marriages.html〕 It was repealed by Question 1 2012).
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