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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Homo What You Can Do Right Now To Protect Marriage Equality In Maine

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:29 AM

The No on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign is hoping to make 500,000 calls to Maine voters between now and election day next Tuesday. You don't have to be in Maine to make the calls. Wockner:

"Call For Equality is critical to our plan to reach all the voters in Maine we need to reach," Roland told me in an interview. "We literally need to make hundreds of thousands of dials through that program—and in order to do that, we know we need several hundred more people to sign up. You can sign up and get trained now, and start calling now."

"We're calling people who we believe support marriage equality," Roland said. "That is a no vote on Question 1. We are confirming that they support marriage equality—and the vast majority of them do—and we are urging them to vote early if they support marriage equality—to vote no on 1 early. Voting early is the best thing that our supporters in Maine can do to help us right now because it lets us take them off our list for election day. We have to literally make over half a million calls in the last week of this campaign, but if you vote today, you just take one of those calls off of our list."

Rex Wockner is in Maine covering the battle on his blog.

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Great post!

Shows how people in blue states can help people in purple states.

Perhaps forward it to Obama and DNC to show them how that 11 million e mail list plus the millions more who support public option could be mobilized to call into Louisiana and Connecticut to get Lieberman and Landriue and conservadems generally to understand public option is popular in those states.

You know, being like a community organizer? Changing their re-election calculus ? Using, developing and deepening that tremendous grass roots energy that built up last year?

Posted by grass rooter on October 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM

Will you be calling, Dan?

Posted by AT&T on October 28, 2009 at 10:53 AM

And because defending gay marriage in Maine doesn't do a THING for Washington State if Referendum 71 in WASHINGTON STATE doesn't win on Nov 3, you should all help ensure that our OWN civil rights battle wins. You can sign up to phone bank here:

http://fusewashington.org/page/event/sea…

And you can even call from home for Approve 71, too! Sign up here:

http://approvereferendum71.org/phonehome

Posted by sverkanya on October 28, 2009 at 11:12 AM

@3: Did you know that there's a large number of folks phonebanking from Maine to help R-71, sverkanya? That they call out when they can no longer legally make calls to voters in Maine? You know, thanks to a 3 hour time difference?

But yah, right, totally, screw Maine, 'cuz we're all in this for ourselves and there's no reason to help advance marriage equality nationwide.

Posted by Baconcat on October 28, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Dan doesn't phone bank. Dan doesn't do anything except smoke pot, bitch on TV, and tell others what they should do. Dan is as relevant to politics as Sarah Palin.

Posted by Savager than Dan on October 28, 2009 at 12:00 PM

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Posted by GOP girls could beat up Democrap boys on October 28, 2009 at 12:13 PM

Same is being done by the honest people trying to uphold traditional marriage in Maine. If you have the time to spare and can multitask with the effort being waged here, then you can help also the folk in Maine. I don't have many resources but for my voice and since I cannot be physically there then I'm doing the next best thing.

http://www.standformarriagemaine.com/

Posted by Loveschild

on October 28, 2009 at 12:37 PM

@8 - Your people are far from honest, and luckily the majority of voters can see through your lies. No more special rights for straight people!

Posted by very bad homo on October 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM

I'm pretty sure this is not a great idea--like the Deaniacs in Iowa, it seems exciting, but it doesn't get you votes. In Maine, a longtime resident told me once, you can doom your campaign for office by being so forward as to distribute yard signs.

Posted by Eric F on October 28, 2009 at 2:28 PM

I find it interesting that "Loveschild" dares to speak the word "love" and include a picture of a family, when he/she is trying to deny those rights to others.

That is not the action of someone who is pro-marriage or pro-family. That is the action of a bigot.

Posted by Supporter of marriage on October 28, 2009 at 6:44 PM