And the homophobes are NOT pleased.
Maine Legalizes Gay Marriage May 6, 2009 --
Maine Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in his state, making Maine the fifth state to allow such unions.
Maine joins Vermont, Iowa, Connecticut and Massachusetts in legalizing same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, the Washington, D.C. Council passed a bill to recognize same-sex marriages performed in elsewhere in the U.S.The New Hampshire House also passed a gay marriage bill Wednesday and sent it to Gov. John Lynch for his signature. Lynch's support for the measure is unclear. If New Hampshire legalizes gay marriage, Rhode Island would be the only state in New England where the practice is not legal.
The region has been the focus of a campaign by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders to legalize gay marriage across New England by 2012. The organization was instrumental in passing gay marriage laws in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The Maine Family Policy Council (MFPC), which is affiliated with the Family Research Council, lobbied against the bill and is launching a People's Vote campaign to generate 60,000 signatures to force a statewide vote on a marriage measure.
"Maine must not create a culture that winks at something so debilitating on so many levels," said Mike Heath, executive director of the MFPC, in a post on the group's Web site.
"To present this ‘orientation' as benign to impressionable children is the height of arrogance, and surely qualifies as evil."LINK 
