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Voters in New England's least appealing state told approximately one tenth of its population that it could go f*ck itself but without the sanction of marriage. Maine, also home to Olympia Snowe, did not include a trigger option in its narrow repeal of the state's same-sex marriage law. [Globe]

Congratulations to Maine, which has become the fifth state in the nation to legalize same sex marriage. It's the fourth state in New England to proclaim marriage equality, joining a bloc that includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Maine follows Vermont as the second state to legalize marriage through legislation, and its governor, unlike Vermont's, signed the bill into law. [BBC]

Last week, we wondered "WTF, Vermont?" when we heard the news that Governor Jim Douglas planned to veto the bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. Well, he did. But, in a dramatic show of awesomeness, the Vermont House of Representatives voted to override the veto, 100-49. Vermont is the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage and the first to do so through an act of legislature.