ABC: US elections - Maine Gay Marriage Law Repealed - by Devin Dwyer

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The US tide of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples -- which has swept across the states of New England in recent months -- has stopped at Maine. Voters rejected a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. The repeal comes just six months after the measure was passed by the Maine legislature and signed by the Democratic Gov. John Baldacci. The state of Maine would have been the sixth state in the country to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, but instead becomes the 31st state to oppose the unions in a popular vote. With 87 percent of precincts reporting as of 2 a.m. today, gay marriage opponents in Maine claimed 53 percent of the vote to supporters' 47 percent.