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Maggie and Evan debate marriage results in Maine

by Jenny Tyree

The results of Maine’s Question 1 are debated by Maggie Gallagher (National Organization for Marriage) and Evan Wolfson (Freedom to Marry) on ABC’s Twittercast.

The segments are 4-6 minutes in length and are separated by 30-second commercials.  Watch it here.

Maggie makes a great point toward the end that Evan has difficulty defending—that Americans are tired of being called “haters” and bigots simply because they disagree with same-sex marriage. 

Evan describes people who support one-man, one-woman marriage in the interview as, “cruel” and “… attacking gay families,” and, “The groups that are funding anti-gay attacks in states like Maine…”  

He seems to back off of that language, or attempts to confine it to organizations, but Maggie addresses it this way:

“…I think that that’s why the gay marriage movement is losing right now, because they don’t respect Americans who disagree with them on the marriage question.”



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  • Monica

    Thanks for linking to this! You’re right — this debate shows how (sadly) many gay advocates end up resorting to name-calling and insults. The sad thing is there are also cases where the words lead to violence and intimidation, as we’ve seen in California and are starting to see in Maine.

    I thougth it was funny when the someone’s Twitter post was “as long as it’s not between two related people, marriage should be OK.” Well, why THAT standard? Why not let family members marry or let children marry adults, etc.? Just goes to show, marriage isn’t the “right” gay marriage advocates are claiming it is.

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