Good for Maine! Hope the referendum fight winds up supporting "liberty and justice for all." We're hoping for the same in NH, where our DINO governor still hasn't made up his mind whether he has any political courage or not.

While I wouldn't automatically label a gay marriage opponent as a homophobe, I think that's what most of them are. They are reacting from instinctive fear of "the other" rather than from any intentional hatred. "Homophobe" really isn't that pejorative a term, except that some people use it as meaning "gay-hater" instead of "gay-fearer." If given a chance to consider the matter rationally instead of religiously, I believe a lot of them can be turned to the side of that "liberty and justice" mentioned above.