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"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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