"The Way Life Should Be: Homosexual Marriage in Maine" Three Same-Sex Couples Tell Their Stories in New Video

To receive a copy of the video for review, please contact Carisa Cunningham at ccunningham@glad.org or (800) 455-4523.

Melissa and Angela have been together 11 years and are raising a young son. Steve and Jim, together for 30 years, run a small business. Rita and Sara Jane have eight grandchildren between them, and have been together for 25 years. All three Maine couples would like to get married - but they can't.

In the new video, "The Way Life Should Be: Homosexual Marriage in Maine," all six born-and-bred Mainers tell the stories of their lives and relationships, and why they want to marry in Maine. They discuss everything from parenting to aging, and how their exclusion from marriage affects their lives legally, emotionally, and socially.

In the United States, same-sex couples can currently marry only in Massachusetts.

In Steve's words, "I don't think there's anything I'd rather do than get married to Jim."

The video can be viewed on YouTube and will be shown at house parties across the state. In conjunction with national Freedom to Marry Week (February 11-17), "The Way Life Should Be: Homosexual Marriage in Maine" is also being sent to cable access stations.

To receive a copy of the video for review, please contact Carisa Cunningham at ccunningham@glad.org or (800) 455-4523.

The video is a production of EqualityMaine, the Maine Civil Liberties Union (MCLU), and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), who worked with filmmaker Molly O'Neill of Moped Productions on the 12-minute video.

EqualityMaine works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Maine through political action, education, and collaboration. We envision a Maine where LGBT persons and their families have full equality in the hearts and minds of Maine people and in all areas of the law.

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and HIV status. GLAD is active in all six New England states.

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