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’No on 1’: "We won’t quit" by Hannah Clay Wareham
Associate EditorWednesday Nov 4, 2009 At 12:23 a.m. on Nov. 4, the ’No on 1’ campaigners took the stage.
Jesse Connolly, campaign manager, said, "It’s going to be a long night. We always said this was going to be a razor-thin election." He continued, saying that each vote mattered and that the absentee ballots and votes from each town have not yet been collected.
"We won’t quit, because we’ve had an army of volunteers and families who’ve stood up for equality...we have an incredible staff," he said. "We’ll be counting tonight...as long as it takes, because we have amazing friends who dug deep, who blogged, who jumped on a plane, or all of the above."
Connolly went on to swear that the campaign would not rest until they found out "where each vote lives."
And to the opponents of marriage equality, Connolly said, "It has to stop. It must stop," speaking about discrimination and harassment.
"We’ll be fighting, we’ll be working, we will regroup," he said. "This is about love, and commitment, and family. We’re going to stay the course, and we ask you to stay the course with us."
Crying couples embraced one another as the bars made their last call. It seemed as though many in the audience believe that marriage equality in Maine will have to wait another year.
Despite Connolly’s announcement, no concession has been made from the ’No on 1’ campaign.
A reporter from News Channel 13 confirmed that ’Stand for Marriage Maine’ has claimed victory.
Hannah can be reached at hclaywareham@baywindows.com.
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