akenaton,

What are you going on about? Right or wrong, the law passed in Maine. Nobody is browbeating anyone. Charley suggested a referendum may be in the wind - I agreed that it is legal and acceptable for petitions to circulate.

No one here is trying to "prove" anything.

I can understand why certain groups, in particular religious groups, may object because it is not acceptable according their beliefs. The law does not require them to change their beliefs or perform same sex marriages. It does recognize that same sex married couples have the same rights as heterosexual married couples.