From the Portland Press Herald, a report on the mass amounts of money being raised in Maine to attack and protect same-sex marriage:

The coalition seeking to overturn Maine’s same-sex marriage law with a people’s veto has raised more than $343,000 to date, according to papers filed with the state Wednesday, much of it going to professional signature gatherers.

The group fighting the people’s veto has raised $138,640, including $50,000 from a Harpswell woman, according to filings with the State Ethics Commission.

Organizers on each side and observers watching the campaign expect millions will be raised and spent before the Nov. 3 election.

Hopefully, the effort to fight the ballot measure will be successful and the state can show that civil rights isn’t something that people get to vote for or against.

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