Happy to be in Maine

I moved to Maine over a year ago and it is a great place to live for a lot of reasons, but today it's an even better place to live. The governor just signed a bill that makes gay marriage legal! It is also really encouraging to know that this change is taking place within the elected branches of government which shows that we are seeing a popular shift. It looks like opponents to gay marriage are trying to organize a "peoples veto" so we have to keep pushing forward whether that just means talking to friends and family to explain how you feel or possibly volunteering time or money to organizations like EqualityMaine. Also, those of us lucky enough to see things changing in our own states need to keep doing what we can to change things for gay and lesbian families in the rest of the country.