Disappointment, not joy, fills Maine ballroom where gay marriage party was planned

Nov 4th, 2009 - Courant

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Disappointment, not joy, fills Maine ballroom where gay marriage party was planned

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.

Instead, they went home at midnight, dejected and near tears after a failed bid to make Maine the first state to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box.

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