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Nov. 4, 2009
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Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention.
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This is a rather typical wire service story with enough verifiable facts to justify the title, so it's "good" journalism. Is it exceptional journalism? No. There is a lot of context to this story that is skimmed over, as this simply isn't the forum for an in depth piece on the subject
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As a supporter of equal civil rights, I was disappointed but not terribly surprised by this vote. There is a great deal of context surrounding this issue and changing demographics that i'm sure other sources will include. The fact that the vote was this close is pretty remarkable given that this was an off year election. The tide is swinging, but one cannot force a tide to swing.