MYTH: Yes on Question 1- the People’s Veto of LD 1020 enshrines discrimination in our State’s laws.

FACT: Yes on Question 1- the People’s Veto does not discriminate against gays; it simply restores the meaning of marriage and protects it as an essential institution that has benefited mankind since the beginning of time.

Every culture in the world understands that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Maine citizens from all walks of life and backgrounds, whether religious or not, agree that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Voting Yes on Question 1 does not take away any rights from gay and lesbian domestic partners.

Gays and lesbians in Maine already enjoy many of the legal rights and benefits of marriage under state law.

Yes on Question 1 does not change that. Federal law controls other rights and changing the definition of marriage in Maine similarly won’t change that.

MYTH: Allowing gay couples to legally marry does not affect anyone else.

FACT: Marriage matters! The same-sex marriage law passed at the behest of gay marriage activists effectively redefines marriage for all of society.

Mainers will have to accept a radical new understanding of marriage whether we like it or not. Maine will have abandoned its commitment to promote monogamous marriage as a foundation of society and an important policy to enrich Maine families. The interests of children in ensuring healthy marriages will be eliminated.

States where gay marriage has become legal are allowing teachers to instruct children as young as kindergartners about marriage. (California Education Code §51890.)

If the gay marriage law takes effect, teachers could have little choice but to teach young children there is no difference between gay marriage and traditional marriage and parents could lose control over what their kids learn in school about marriage. Parker vs. Hurley

We should not accept a legislative decision that results in a wholesale abandonment of Maine policy that promotes marriage for the benefit of families and children, or that will result in public school teachers teaching our kids that gay marriage is the equivalent of traditional marriage.

That is an issue for parents to discuss with their children according to their own values and beliefs.

It should not be forced on us without a vote of the people.

MYTH: Yes on Question 1- the People’s Veto is the work of right wing radicals and extremists to attack the rights of gays.

FACT: Yes on Question 1- the People’s Veto is supported by a broad range of organizations and individuals, including faith leaders representing virtually every faith in Maine – and those who subscribe to no faith at all. Over 100,000 Mainers signed petitions to put the People’s Veto on the ballot – more than any other issue in the entire history of Maine.

People from every walk of life believe that marriage is between a man and a woman and have organized to ensure that definition is protected and upheld.

Attacking the motivations of opponents is an age-old tactic when one doesn’t want to debate the merits of the issue at hand.

Opposition to same-sex marriage is widespread and includes organizations that have historically fought hard for the dignity of homosexuals.

The Roman Catholic Church, for example, has worked to improve AIDS funding and provide hospice and health care for gays and lesbians in need.

Yes on Question 1- the People’s Veto ensures that this important issue is decided by Maine voters, not politicians, just as voters have decided in 30 other states.

If gay marriage advocates want to change the definition of marriage, they should have to ask the voters to do so.

Yes on Question 1- the People’s Veto does not in any way interfere with gays living the lifestyle they choose.

However, while gays can live as they want, they should not have the right to redefine marriage for the rest of society.

MYTH: The majority of the state legislature said that gay marriage is a “right,” so the rest of us should leave the issue alone.

FACT: Ultimately, the legal meaning of marriage should be up to the people to decide.

A handful of politicians cannot be the only ones to decide what the definition of marriage should mean for the entire state of Maine.

Voters in thirty other states have been given an opportunity to decide this issue, and Mainers should have the same right.

This People’s Veto repeals the legislature’s flawed decision and gives voters a chance to reaffirm the common-sense definition of marriage: that marriage is only between a man and a woman.