Almost immediately after Maine's Governor John Baldacci signed the same-sex marriage bill into law yesterday, gay marriage foes filed a citizens petition to put the issue to a public referendum this fall.
Michael Heath of the Maine Family Policy Council is again leading the charge. However, the group claims on its website that it will accept the People's Vote, suggesting this will "be the last time Maine considers this issue on the ballot."
Organizers must gather 55,087 signatures (10 percent of the vote during the last gubernatorial election) within 90 days after the Legislature's session ends later in June to get the vet....