Same sex couples have registered their wedding ceremonies with the state and received certified copies licensing that union since 2004.
A license is a permit where you must be registered with the state to have a wedding ceremony and join together in legal matrimony to get benefits.
The word “register” means an official record with the state.
Same sex couples have been able to join together in legal matrimony in Maine for 8 years with the same rights and benefits as everyone else such as inheriting their spouses property, adopt children, considered next of kin when making funeral arrangements, serve as guardian or conservator of spouses property if their spouse becomes incapacitated, visit their spouse in the hospital, purchase health insurance for their spouse if that employer provides benefits, take up to ten weeks of unpaid leave if their spouse or child is sick or dying and submit to a town clerk their spouses absentee ballot to vote.
Clearly, same sex couples already get licenses despite political rhetoric.
Marriage is not a right. You need a license to get married. You don’t need a license for your rights.
Special interest groups are not spending 5 million dollars to pass a law to get a drivers, hunting, fishing or marriage license.
All which can be revoked by the state.
This is about our rights, not special rights but taking away rights we already have such as our 1st,10th and 14th Amendment rights.
Same sex marriage is being used to attack our Constitutional rights state by state.
Here’s how.
Same sex marriage will change the legal definition from “one man and one woman” to Person A and Person B making it meaningless.
This completes the transfer of power over this institution from the realm of ‘We the People’ and grants full control to the state which strikes at the heart of our First Amendment.
Here’s why.
Redefining marriage will allow gay rights groups to join a class action law suit with Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Iowa against the federal government claiming discrimination.
This lawsuit bypasses Congress to go before the Supreme Court which will strike at the heart of the 10th Amendment which is states rights.
This class action lawsuit will allow non citizens to collect welfare and free healthcare which strikes at the heart of the 14th Amendment, which is what it means to be an American citizen.
This is not about love, it is about the law and the changes this law will make to our government and our rights.
Let’s look at the buzzword “equality“ they are using, it is a terrific clue as to the kind of government they are talking about.
Gay marriage is a global agenda and when they speak about “equality” they are talking about making America equal with the rest of the world, hence, the need to eliminate free speech, states rights and what it means to be an American citizen.
Eleven other countries have passed gay marriage, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Sweden.
Passing gay marriage is not the only thing they have in common, they are also ranked the most socialist countries on earth.
So what does socialism have to do with same sex marriage?
To understand that we need to know what socialism is.
Socialism is a political and economic theory that believes that government should control everything. It is a stage between overthrowing capitalism and creating a communist government.
Same sex marriage is a cover so politicians can play political football in the attempt to score votes and grow government.
What voters need to understand is in Maine everything is already fair and equal.
The last thing we want to do is use a corrupt tax code to justify passing a law that takes away our Constitutional rights for the sake of changing our government to make America “equal” with the rest of the world.
For these reasons vote no to same sex marriage on November 6th.
Erick Bennett is a political consultant and strategist that owns FNX Enterprises which offer public relations and full service multi media marketing and advertising. He created the Maine Equal Rights Center campaign and the Three Point Plan specifically for this years referendum question. For more information please visithttp://www.facebook.com/l/IAQFgw2tkAQFnY838KuDf0ZzX1u5UVWapol_Y_-naFz1zXg/www.maineequalrightscenter.com
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By Erick Bennett
The Maine Conservative Voice 
I’ve seen far-fetched conspiracy theories before, but for sheer implausibility this one has to be declared the winner.
My small-government view is that 1) it’s none of the government’s business and 2) it’s up to the individual to choose his own path in his inalienable right to “pursuit of happiness.” If that choice happens to involve a same-sex marriage, the ideal of individual liberty ought to direct us to permit it.
Contrary to Bennett’s alarmist end-of-civilization scenario, the effect will be negligible. Massachusetts has had same-sex marriage for several years now. For all practical purposes, nothing has changed for the majority of the population. The only people affected are people who want a same-sex marriage, and their friends.
Same-sex marriage is a way to broaden individual liberty. The fact that you or I may not choose that option is no reason to deny it to others. Remember too that “freedom” often means allowing somebody else to do something you don’t necessarily agree with, in return for the same consideration from them.