A poll released today by Public Policy Polling of North Carolina shows Question 1 in a dead heat, with 48 percent yes, 48 percent no and 4 percent undecided.
Jesse Connolly, chief of staff for House Speaker Hannah Pingree, is taking a leave of absence from his job this summer to manage the gay-marriage referendum campaign, Maine Freedom to Marry a
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts will be in Maine next month to mark the passage of Maine’s gay-marriage law, according to the Maine Democratic Party.
Advocates on both sides of the gay marriage debate are getting ready for Wednesday’s public hearing with e-mails encouraging people to show up early and be prepared to stay late.
Over the past few days, I’ve been talking with sources on both sides of the gay marriage debate about the hearing set for 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
