http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/ballot+initatives/default.aspxTags: ballot initativesenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/11/03/maine-voters-rejected-gay-marriage.aspxWed, 04 Nov 2009 04:35:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6850Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6850.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6850When the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage in 2003, the polls showed disapproval by a margin of 53 percent to 35 percent. After the ruling went into effect, legislators geared up to reverse it by amending the state constitution....(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/11/03/maine-voters-rejected-gay-marriage.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6850" width="1" height="1">gay marriagesame-sex marriagemainequestion 1ballot initatives