Why do marijuana dispensaries win and gay marriages lose on the same ballot in Maine?
Pams House blend Nov 04 09As I wind up my evening in the West Coast Portland, I log in to the WCHS6 website on the East Coast Portland to follow the election results in Maine. For me it is a repeat of the mixed emotions I felt on Election Night 2008, where I was elated to see Barack Obama win but crushed to see California's Prop 8 win as well. I felt so happy to see an end to the eight year Republican nightmare but also so saddened to see my people (hets, funded largely by the religion that baptized me) openly abrogating the rights of 18,000 married gay couples.
Tonight it's happened again, as I am elated to see Maine's Question 5 win, establishing a state registry card system for medical marijuana patients (like Oregon) that will protect them from arrest, expanding the list of conditions for which Mainers may qualify for medical marijuana, and providing a system of dispensaries for patients, as only four of the twelve other states do. Full story...
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