“Saturday Night Live” found humor in the idea of lobstermen making eyes at each other. The problem? The accents are more Swedish than Maine. But, as former BDN Business Editor Matt Wickenheiser notes on Facebook: “You guys have the wrong perspective: There’s NYC, then everyplace else.”
SNL’s ‘Gay couple from Maine’ accents are more Swedish than Down East
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You’re too late there clown.
I think it was more like the accent south of Brunswick, and Tim Sample. Seems not enough venture north enough the get Bangor’s, Aroostook’s, or the down east accent right.
For example. I find sure, near Brunswick and south is pronounced more like shore, and sure, near Machias is pronounced more like shur. Bangor people mumble, and people from southern Maine and eastern Maine have a difficulty understanding each other.
Lastly their uh-yah, I would think should more like uh-yup, or ah-y-ugh?
Lastly, I think -ah at the end of words is more like -ER in eastern Maine, but that could be from all the people from New Jersey coming to Maine?
I grew up in extreme southern Maine (Wells) and spent most of my summers in downeast Maine (Tremont).
I have family all over Maine, from Kittery to the County.I’ve yet to meet anyone from ANYWHERE in Maine who talks even remotely like the “accent” in that sketch.
The sketch itself was hilarious, but the accent was too distracting.
The real old fashioned Downeast accent is fading away.
Generation by generation.
A ” Maine” accent ??
Big state , lots of sections with their own accent and inflections.
I find most people trying to do a Maine accent dont usually to well.
Part of my family are of French Canadian descent , but born and raised
here in Maine.
My wife , born in Old Orchard Bch. ,learned English at age 10 , in Catholic schools.
They talk all together different than other “Mainers”.
The quintessential, but fading Maine verbal affectation, is the short inhale like sucking down a mosquito, heaaayup.
In the Atlantic provinces of Canada they call that sound
a “Maritime gasp”.
Still common among the old timers.
Long live the old timers !!
Who says its fading?
My mom in law grew up between Houlton and Calais. When she traveled to the southern states in her later years everyone assumed she was English. She was often asked what part of England she was from. “Eastern Maine” was usually her answer and since there are apparently a lot of people who have no idea that there is a state called Maine, much less where it is, the follow up question was, “Is that near London?” True story.
Went to college for a short time in Florida. A guy from Brooklyn, NY asked me where I was from. I told him “Maine”. He told me he’d heard of it and wanted to know if it was on the other side of the Bronx. I told him “yeah, sort of”. True story as well.
When people have asked where I am from, and I reply “Maine,” I have had people ask what state that is in.
I think that says less about Maine, though, and more about the intelligence and education those people possessed.
I told a friend when I was young and out west that I was going to New England she couldn’t believe I was going to England. She’d never heard of this NEW England!
That was funny :)
I’m never going to tell anyone “I’m heading down east” ever again :)
Bingo! Good one Kevin!
That is a good one :o)
I see the word bigot can work both ways at time. If all being equal, then a man and man can have a baby by themselves, or a women and a women. I guess then the word should be unequal.
What does any of that have to do with being a bigot?
For that matter, what does any of that have to do with civil marriage? Or the SNL skit?
It is used so often. Civil Marriage is based on what you or anyone else feels about it. Which is a person Constitutional Right.
Actually, civil marriage is based on government rules and regulations, benefits and privileges.
Religious marriage is based on whatever you or anyone else feels about it, as is protected by the First Amendment.
I am glad you are recognizing our Constitutional Right to be treated equally under our laws of civil marriage!
Then you agree at least I do not have to agree with it, nor like it.
Sure, but that’s not what you were saying… you were claiming that civil marriage is based on what people claim or feel, but it’s not.
Funny no matter what accent.
It was definitely funny…..
What was funny? Want to get him out of the dungarees? Really no humor at all.
Lobstermen from New Sweden. Always thought those Aroostook County fishermen were a bit odd — not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Ever been to the VanBuren Yacht Club? LOL
Yes, putting spaces in your profanity toward gays and lesbians will do the trick! No moderator will be able to see through your clever wordsmithing.
Yahhhh that’s haw it will be, the destruction to Maine is just beginning.
And how so?
How are you harmed? How is Maine harmed? How does gay marriage affect you? What makes today different than this time last week?
Less morality!
You changed your moral outlook over this?
Gee… seems pretty weak to me.
Fact is, you can hold whatever morality you wish, just like members of the Klan.
Nobody can take that from you… and nobody’s asking you to change.
Nothing for you has changed, unless you have chosen to change it.
Wrong. I live in Maine and I did not vote for this disgusting act to pass. 53% asked me to change. I don’t have any say in the matter as it stands. Only a memory of traditional marriage.
OK, you don’t like it… but nothing changes for you, your marriage, or the marriages of your family.
Keep your harmful morality… nobody can take it from you. Keep your “traditional” views of marriage (hope the dowry was good). No one can take that from you.
But no one asked you to change anything. Your post, which contains nothing of how your life has changed since last weekend, shows it.
Pushy one, aren’t you? I demand you tell me how your life has changed! My life certainly wasn’t changed by the SNL skit, which actually contained no humor at all, but plenty of enthusiasm from the liberal left.
I will receive all the rights and privileges that marriage brings to other citizens… not just part of it all.
Soon, I will receive all the rights and privileges that come from the federal government as other married citizens enjoy.
I will no longer have to worry about moving to another state and racking up attorney’s fees for new power of attorney designation.
And a whole lot more… my home, and therefore my family, are more secure now. Just like any other married citizen.
And no, I’m not pushy at all. I have not asked you to change anything. Believe what you will. That’s your choice. I demanded nothing, yet you accused me of doing so.
Your angst is showing… and it’s so very very sweet.
i can no longer say i’m glad to be from maine.
How very sad.
I know I can state quite proudly that I live in Maine, and will remain here all my life.
I’d recommend Alabama or Mississippi… they seem far more “up your alley”.
That’s too bad that you let a little thing like the wrong accents on a comedy show affect you so.
I can no longer say I’m glad your from Maine, either.
NO SLEEP WILL BE LOST HERE.
I’m sure the TEA party right (note I did not say conservative because real conservatives are a rare breed now) had plenty of enthusiasm these past 14 years during the 32 state votes that went their way.
Who are YOU to demand anything….. First of all, maybe some of us still have morals. I certainly don’t want this crap drove down my grandchildren’s throat at school. If you get that upset reading these stupid comments, you have issues and need to shut the computer off now. I think this is quite comical,kind of a sick sense of humor.
Ahhhh, it makes sense now. You talk of your grandchildren, so that means you are of the older generation. First off it will not be taught to your grandchildren in school. Secondly it must be sad to see folks of your closed minded generation dying off, and being replaced with folks who teach equality. I almost feel sad for you….almost!
Your funny…. not very bright, but funny
It’s really weird that the phrase “down my throat” is used all the time by those who oppose marriage-equality. But what is it that you think will be driven down your grandchildren’s throat, anyway? I never understood that.
I think since the former governor handed out free computers (and internet) schooling should be at home anyway. It’ll save tax payers a lot of money and people can monitor what their kids are taught.
Not to mention, Maine is a big disgusting joke now!
That’s just sad…
Not your statement, but that you’d feel that way.
hes not the only 1
Oh good grief…
How petty and sad you folks are. What’s changed for you that would make you pout so?
I do not have a problem with gay people, I know many of them and I love them dearly. Marriage is another story. They can be happy living together forever (its cheaper anyway) or they could make it a vacation and go Washington and get married.
The civil contract is called marriage… and just as it is in ME, MD, and WA today thanks to the recent vote, it will soon be legal nationwide.
And there will be no need to go anywhere for anyone to get married.
So move!
He’s an out of stater who’s objective is To change Maine traditions. He doesn’t know what the traditions are about, but feels its a good idea to change them anyways.
Keep your traditions however you wish to.
Did you know that there are REAL Mainers, even those born north of Hampden, who support same-sex marriage? Why do you think you define what Maine traditions are?
The southern half should go back with Mass. take your city life and love it. I know the northern half would!
What about all the people in the northern half who were born there and are gay or ssm supporters? Do you want to expel them, too?
Why all the nastiness, anyway? Why do you tell people who love Maine that they should get out?
I think most of them came from MA to vote. Donald Sussman made sure he got plenty of out of state support.
And Hancock county, Orono, and Bangor can come with us Southern Mainers too since they also voted for equality,in the spirit of your secession scheme, leaving your area with no money, an uneducated workforce, and your “huntin” roads. Oh wait, us liberals own those too. Good luck up there. Hope that repeatedly bailed out, with Southern Maine dollars, Paper Mill works out for ya!
No…Thats not going to happen, I have been here for a long, long time honey. They could go get married someplace else, not really a big deal. But now, you have your way, enjoy it. Homeschooling is better for an innocent child anyway.
You sure are a sore loser . . . honey.
What was our amazing reputation before this? Had we not passed it, we had been the state of bigots.
Our governor took care of that before he took office with his “go to h*ll” comment.
In any case, the majority of Americans don’t feel that we are a joke.
I guess I would have to see the stats on THAT comment. GO Lepage!!!
And 61% of us didn’t ask for Paul LePage.
thats not true or he wouldn’t have won.
Don’t pay attention much do you. Because the independent candidate got enough votes, the candidate that more people voted against won! Look it up, it’s fact.
Paul LePage won with 38.07% of the vote. Eliot Cutler runner up with 36.36%. Via US Election Atlas.
I guess we just got lucky
62% of us did not want John Baldacci!
” I live in Maine and I did not vote for this disgusting act to pass. 53% asked me to change. ”
You don’t ” HAVE” to Marry your Beer Drinkin Buddy ya know!
LoL
But the Option is now available!
LoL
That’s funny…
So sad to learn that your traditional marriage has disintegrated because gay marriage is now legal! Which of you has just turned out to be gay?
Dang, it’s a shame you aren’t 170 years old. You could have been just as mad at the elimination of slavery, women getting the vote. Changed everything. The world went to hell in a handbasket then didn’t it?
Hmm, no traditional marriage? Do you mean to tell me that my granddaughter can’t marry her boyfriend fiencee (he’s popped the question)? LOOK, don’t you dare tell her, she’s already under enough stress! Between working and going to school full time and looking for a house. Now you are telling me that she can’t have a traditional marriage???
Umm, a little advice, don’t tell her in front of my wife. I’ve always heard her say she’s going to rip someones face off. I’ve never seen her do it yet, but I’ve had some nightmares about it. I would advise you to keep this to yourself.
No one is asking YOU to change. Don’t be so threatened by this highly moral return to sanity.
Oh, I didn’t realize we voted to force you to become gay?..
Good news! You misunderstood what we were voting on!
No one is asking you to change your judgmental opinions of others. No one is asking you to become gay, or gay marry anyone. And if gay family members or friends ask you to come to their gay weddings, you still have the right to refuse their hospitality!
It is our government that now treats us equally, as it should be.
If you are stating that your have become immoral because we are treating Maine families equally, I would say that you weren’t a very moral person to begin with.
You are saying that the 53% has asked you to change. Did 53% ask you to be gay? Did they ask you to be in a gey marage? If you think it is disgusting than don’t do it. If you don’t like than don’t look into your neighbor’s bedroom.
No one asked you to change. You do NOT have to marry that dude from the service station.
Nobody’s asking you to change. Frankly, I don’t think anybody cares. And I assume you voted, so you actually did have a say in this, now didn’t you? Your problem is fathoming the fact that the majority of folks disagreed with you.
Traditional marriage is alive and well in Maine. If that is all you can handle, then just think in those terms. Men and women still court and love and get married and have families. There is no changing that.
Same Sex marriage will be alive and well in Maine as well, existing side by side with your idea of traditional marriage. Nothing for you and your belief system will change.
A person’s sexuality isn’t my business unless it directly affects me. I hope the affirmation of same-sex marriage quiets a movement that has become, in my view, both political and in your face pervasive. I want the issue to just go away now, please.
By who’s morals? We all have differing morals but to say those who are gay have a lesser set of morals than you is definitely wrong.
Perhaps less of a puritanical mean-spirited judgmental morality that isn’t really based upon Christ’s two commandments of love God and one another. So what’s the problem again?
you have to have morales to start with, these people have none, I for one wish you have to be born in Maine to vote in Maine!
The majority of Mainers showed very clear moral integrity, that we should afford ALL Maine families the opportunity to protect the lives they build together with civil marriage rights.
Live and let live is a moral value as well. I hope you will open your eyes and your heart to see that couples marrying in Maine do you no harm, regardless of whether they are gay or straight.
Didn’t you hear? Now that ssm is legal, husbands and wives are fighting over money, children, having affairs, arguing about where they will go out that night, how to set the thermostat, what to have for dinner, etc.
Those gays- they are all at fault.
This kind of stuff NEVER happened before they insisted on having equal rights.
That’s just terrible!!!
I guess we’ll just have to rescind the vote after all!
Oh no, you’re not getting out of our wedding THAT easily :P
It became the law! That’s how it is effecting us more. I would like to know how many people migrated to Maine just long enough to register and help get this to pass along with the millions of out of state money the same-sex (unnatural union) campaign used to pass a vote here in Maine.
It passed, but that does not explained how it negatively affects you.
As for the rest, your paranoia is cute.
Paranoia. The “new paisley.”
It became the law, so that’s how it’s affecting, not effecting, you? That’s about as lame as “my dog ate the homework.” It doesn’t prevent you, or force you, to do anything. It has no impact on your paycheck. It simply confers the right of a civil marriage upon two people who didn’t have the right before. Well, actually they did but then there was that stupid thing about three years ago. Look, lots of things become law, but that doesn’t mean each thing affects YOU. You’re just throwing a hissy because of the “ick” factor. Guess what? Don’t care.
If you’re thinking about unapproved sex in dear old Maine, it probably began long ago when some Wabanaki youths got around a taboo or perhaps when a knot hole was found in the first Puritan bundling board! Take several deep breaths – you’ll be all right.
Exactly. I would like to know how many voter registration cards have come back in to city halls around the state as undeliverable. I know one city has had over 400 returned in the past. Voter fraud, alive and well.
That was so funny.
Why, yes indeed… you are.
Still sulking? You really should get over it… the world did not end. You will not be harmed.
But believe me… after all the trash-talk of the past 5 years on these forums directed at law-abiding citizens by you and your ilk, your angst is very welcome.
You’re only pleasing those you so obviously despise.
No sweetheart, I’m the fag.
you’re a vulgarian, yes? any other witticisms? perhaps the other 6 words you can’t say on t.v.? or perhaps ugh,ugh is all you have left.
I thought that was a pretty funny clip. Maine, on SNL, cool any day of the week
I remember the “lobster marriage” interview with Chellie Pingree on the Colbert Report in 2009. That was pretty derned funny, too!
They did only fair with the accent. They should have listened to a few Bert and I comedy albums…
You’re being too kind. I’d give the accent a grade of “D-” at best. No one anywhere on earth talks like that, let alone anywhere in Maine. It was a weird amalgamation of Swedish, British, and Boston. Worse than any of the accents in any Stephen King movie, and that’s really saying something.
Hilarious sketch though. Bill Hader and Fred Armisen should’ve just used their normal speaking voices. Would’ve been even funnier.
pretty lame. Like nails on a chalk board
Who cares!
i liked SNL when it was funny…and that was 10 years before I was even born…
We might as well get used to it, after all on election day, we bought the farm.
How so?
How so? We are a mockery……gay marriage….as a society we are devolving…….and it started in Maine where the economy is terrible, education level is very low and alcoholism runs rampant.
No, YOU view us as a mockery… how very sad.
It started in MA… but OK. If you say so.
The other issues have nothing to do with marriage. Deal with them for what they are.
That’s not when it started. What a stupid and nonsensical claim to make.
What amazes me is the gays use animal traits as a defense.Thought society was suppose to separate us from our pets.
What amazes me is how obsessed you seem to be on the private lives of people you don’t even know.
No sweetheart, you guys use animals to show it’s not “natural”… we always just end up correcting you.
I do believe penguins were a favorite talking point from the gay activist side.
Only when told that being gay is “unnatural”…
Say silly things, get easy and silly things to prove it wrong.
Why are you stuck on the sex lives of gay people? Do you also have an unhealthy obsession with heterosexual relations?
Demographically speaking, the areas of Maine that voted against gay marriage are where the economy is terrible, education level is very low, and alcoholism runs rampant.
If there were less of that in this state, we would have certainly upheld marriage equality in 2009!
If so many people from MA had not come here to vote, the morality of this community could have been upheld. You know the truth. Cheating and around 5 mill. buys a lot of votes, and you know it.
So well over THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE crossed over Maine’s border to vote last Tuesday?
That’s the entire population of Washington County! I think we would have noticed.
I do know the truth— you are pouting over the fact that your lies to Mainers simply don’t work anymore.
great description of the “no” voters !
What do you mean by “we,” white man?
Personally, I’ll be happy with a majority of societal endorsement. And it looks like we nailed that one. If you study the numbers, both at the state level and the national, you’ll understand that what happened is part of a trend, not just a fluke. So you might want to start getting used to it.
A-yuh.
True Maine accent can be found in the lake region between Augusta and Rockland. The SNL sketch is funny the accent is AWFUL!
between Augusta and Rockland?I doubt it! Isn’t that like the border of Maine & NH? haha
Really?? I live in Deer Isle and the accent is here also and we are up a ways from there. Strange your idea of where the accent lies…
From one breeder to another, I need some advice: I understand that I don’t have to teach my children that gay marriage is equal to mine, but what do I tell them about male/female couples who cannot have children, due to age, health, injury, etc?
I guess their marriage isn’t equal to mine either, right?
Ha! Good point!
What does that have to do with anything?? Of course its equal. I am assuming your missing the point.
I see you have answered your own question. It appears that you, like a lot of your leftie friends don’t care to learn about another’s point of view. If you ask me again, nicely this time, I’ll tell you. Otherwise, you’ll just have to revel in your own smug opinion,learning nothing.
LOL whatever has happened on the “lobsta” boat stays on the “lobsta” boat.
NOT funny. People died.
This is really bad. Not only the segment itself but the accent doesn’t come close to a native Mainer. I am embarrassed.
Why are you embarrassed? Did you write the skit?
Seriously, folks. Get oooooooover it. Unclench the pearls, and move on with your lives.
I don’t want your endorsement. Teach your kids whatever you want.
And yes, state laws differ… But when we win marriage at the federal level, all that will change.
I do hope when the school has a perversion day lesson.Next time they get parental permission.
Sorry timjy… all your fears on what’s in schools is happening in places without gay marriage.
Trying to link the two is pretty desperate.
I remember the glee that the 2009 Yes people had when presenting their gift-wrapped boxes of signatures to get their anti-SSM referendum on the ballot…
Exactly my point.
We will teach our kids what we want. Don’t you however, teach our kids anything. It should NOT be in public schools.
Good for you! I would expect you to do no different.
Not sure how you would keep “it” out of public schools without being dishonest to the students.
But actually, I’m kinda old fashioned, and feel that matters of human sexuality itself should be taught at home, not in schools.
Not having a kid in school, I’ve not much of a dog in that fight I’m afraid.
WHAT won’t be in the public schools!??!?!?!
As for endorsement, that’s not what the gay marriage-friendly article in yesterday’s PPH says.
Good for them, honey!
I didn't write it.
LMAO….Hillarious…
Hey, if people get to call gays immoral and perverts, I get to say that those who don’t support equality are bigots. Deal with it.
Isn’t that awfully hateful.
That’s like calling the kid who fights back after being punched a bully.
No, because someone disagree’s you call them about bunch of names. Like the comment before yours that used a lot of swear words that are not necessary I guess bigotry seems to be on the pro side too.
Calling a bigot a bigot fits at times. As far as that other person goes, his tactic is name calling and the usual standard wrong assumptions many of the right make.
That poster is a bigot and pushes as many buttons as he can around here.
You’re a bigot if you’re against equal rights, blame and simple. History is going to treat you EXACTLY like those who opposed integration. Photos of people like you are going to be in history books.
I did not call you or any gay person immoral or a pervert. I said that I will not endorse gay marriage and it is unfair to say that all of us who do not support gay marriage are bigots. You remove my post, then make up lies of what I said. Then I call you on. Flag all of my posts that you want. Truth lives, no matter how much you wish to suppress it.
Wlofndeer, actually I can’t apologize to you for personally removing my posts as the liberal moderator apparently switched off my Reply button on your last post (I know I am paranoid) You lie about what I say on my posts e.g saying that I called gays perverts and immoral, then you (you meaning you and or your intolerant leftie pals) flag my posts for removal. I don’t let you get away with it and call you out to be the liar that you are. If the moderator will repost my previous flagged posts we could all see if what you said is true. The Portland Press Herald has a feature that allows posts that some find offensive to be hidden, but retrievable to anyone wanting to see them with the click of a button, but I won’t hold my breath.
I did not call you a pervert or immoral. You say that I did then remove my posts. I said I did not support gay marriage and that you are unreasonable in calling anyone who doesn’t support gay marriage a bigot. Flag this reply too. Truth lives, no how often you try to suppress it.
You’re paranoid. How could I personally remove your posts? I didn’t flag you once, so you can apologize to me for your accusations.
People who see gay marriage as immoral, perverse and special rights to a group that have no natural reason for these rights are Sane, of the Right mind, of good judgement and in total agreement with God. Who by the way is going to judge you. He’s Faithful to His Word and He is going to do what He said He is going to do just like He did to Sodom and Gomorrah.
I know you want to make the Bible hate speech because you are followers of demons not God.
(2Peter 2:6-8)
“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered righteous Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds)”
We are not bigots. We are sound thinking, reasonable people and we are troubled like lot with your filthy behavior. The filthy behavior that is provoking a Holy God! God is Faithful! Repent from and turn to Him for mercy while you can.
Your interpretation of the Bible is so irrelevant to me. I care about it as much as I care about your thoughts on the latest cast of Dancing with the Stars — that’s not at all ;)
Boohoo.
Still funny, though!
Wow. Pretty steamed up about this, no? How on earth does it affect YOU? Same-sex love would still be a reality no matter what passed here in Maine. Don’t be so scared. Take a deep breath and don’t worry so much about the “other”.
Very embarrassing how we Mainers are being perceived these days.
Not at all! It’s great to see this handled with humor.
Better than looking at us as the Alabama of New England.
Its nice you find humor in someone making fun of our way of life and how we vote.
Oh good grief… people everywhere are made fun of for the stereotype of their region.
Get over yourself.
Maine has led the nation in issues of equality time and time again. We allowed interracial marriage a century before laws against it were struck down by the US Supreme Court. We extended voting rights to women before the 19th Amendment was ratified. And now we have become the first state in our nation to bring marriage equality to the ballot by citizens referendum— and succeed by popular vote.
We should all be proud to be Mainers, we are an independent, resilient lot who have a live-and-let-live attitude— yet we do not hesitate to help one another in our communities.
Yeah yeah yeah all good and well what you speak of and we being Mainers realize these points and are proud of them..My point is that people from away look at us in a diff view and skits like this , even though it is a comedy show reinforce what some already think. Bunch of potato picking , clam digging uneducated sort . I am sure you understand my point..regardless of how we paint ourselves to be.
Most of America doesn’t give Maine a second thought. So many times I tell people where I’m from and their answer is “where?”…
Maine’s rural downeast culture has been a topic for humor for decades though, the gay marriage vote has nothing to do with it. Remember Tim Sample? How about Marshall Dodge & Bob Bryan? Heck, even Bob Marley makes his living poking fun at our rural traditions.
They are making fun of Mainers because of the results of this election.
If that’s what you believe, you’ll get over it :)
Most people don’t know where Maine is!
Rural people have been the source of comedy for a long time. Stop taking it personally, unless there is a real reason to!
I do take it personally thank you very much–If you choose not to–well good for you. Maybe that skit fits you better than I.
Everyone please stop chiding trashtocash for his beliefs!
Maine’s cranky-old-geezer population is endangered, and it’s getting tougher and tougher to deploy them out to all the country stores downeast.
What will tourists do if they can’t have an interaction with a cranky old geezer who tells them they can’t get there from here?
ok ok got me ! ya young whippersnapper ! Do u work for SNL ?
Nope, if I did, I would have had them drinking Allen’s!
yeah, and you young types who voted for more free stuff, have never raised a child, and obviously have way too much time on your hands, are really making a difference. You spend everything your parents worked hard to earn and want more. Instead of focusing on improving our economy you are stuck on marrying another guy.
I look forward to seeing you fight against civil marriage for everyone, then… because families in Maine and the US have been enjoying “free stuff” for their marriages for centuries.
As for improving the economy, gay marriage is projected to add millions of dollars to Maine’s economy in the next 3 years! So a vote of YES was a vote to improve our economy.
Would you please stop with the interracial marriage comparison, there is none there, being gay is not being black. Remember it was not 100% of the people who approved of SSM. You will need to keep that in mind. Your opinion is not shared by many. How much fraud took place. You all pushed very hard to not have voter ID laws and to keep same day registration. It was VERY evident on election day. People came here, voted and left.
“there is none there”?
Really? I think a very valid comparison is that both gay marriage and interracial marriage are about civil marriage.
Seriously, you can cry “race isn’t the same as sexual orientation” all you want, but to claim that the fight for interracial marriage equality and gay marriage equality are entirely incomparable is silly, for both were about how our government treats couples under the law.
As for whether my opinion on this is shared by many or not— I’ve never been seeking to have my opinions shared by the majority. I have been seeking to be treated equally by our government, as is my Constitutional right. The fact that my opinion on this IS shared by the majority is simply icing on the cake.
Your boogyman of voter fraud is laughable as well. Over 30,000 votes separated the yes ad no sides of this issue, are you claiming that the equivalent of Washington County’s population drove into this state to vote last Tuesday?? Seriously, get help.
Ah. The long-dead corpses of “the hippies” rise! Good grief. Wake up and acknowledge that the world is changing. There is no evidence of a “downward spiral” because of this. As for children – since when were acceptance and truth, not only about their own sexuality, but of the sexuality of others equal to “depravity”?
My parents were not hippies.
Neither were we!
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The look on Fred Armisen’s face is enough to make me laugh out loud.
Geez – all you haters need to get over it already! I thought this skit was hilarious and very entertaining. What is the big deal with Maine being on the news for passing the popular vote to approve same couple civil unions and SNL doing a spoof about it? For all of you that said Maine is a disgusting joke, maybe you should consider moving to another state?? And, in case you forgot, Maine was “kind of a joke” before this passed – we elected LePage, our medicare system and not to mention the infamous prostitution scandal in Kennebunk.
You knock prostitution yet you uphold gay marriage.Kettle meet pot.
Obsessed with the sex act only, huh?
How surprising.
remember Gorham real proof the bedroom is what this so called movement is all about.
You’re blaming us for what happened in Gorham? Wow… you are an angst-ridden, desperate little one.
Remember hon… that was before gay marriage.
Glad you agree it is a travesty to go in a class room and teach this crap.But it was gay activists that went into the classroom.
One person… and from that you judge all gay citizens?
Cool… I’ll judge all christians by Fred Phelps.
Makes as much sense.
Why do we want in the classroom?
Yes and proudly in fact! There is a difference between prostitution and gay marriage, I hope you realize this. If that is the only thing you have to say, then please don’t waste my time. Thank you!
And another point, I am proud to be a Mainer!!
I am not sure he “knocked” prostitution.
And I am not sure why should put same-sex marriage and prostitution on the same level.
Uhmmmm, that’s a bit of a non sequitur. Apples meet oranges.
It is simply a matter of mutual respect. I don’t know why we have such a difficult problem with mutual respect.
The skit was funny but those accents weren’t from home. Ayuh.
It was a funny skit.. haha.. haha…
No need to write a one page article
November 6, 2012: The day these lies stopped working.
A Maine accent, at least the Downeast accent, cannot be learned. Only true Downeasters are able to speak it. I hate it when movies and TV try to copy it because it is always an epic failure and an embarrassment. No matter how hard they try, people “from away” just can’t pull it off no matter if they have lived here 20 years. Like Tim Sample says, “If your cat had kittens in the oven, you wouldn’t call them biscuits!”
Those accents were no where close to being Swedish…..
Psssst… one person cannot remove your post.
And ALL newspapers are seeing subscriptions drop… welcome to the digital world.
MAINE IS COMING OUT WITH A NEW LICENSE PLATE AGAIN::: MAINE VAGAYTIONLAND.
LOL, I’d get one, depending on the design :P
I live up here in the County and I voted Yes for SSM.
We aren’t all against it!
WE SHOULD BE!
Why? How is it going to harm you or your life?
PS: all caps makes you look uneducated and desperate.
maybe i don’nt type good,but i know that marriage should be between a man & woman only!
Why?
What is your rational reason for that?
man/woman buck/doe bull/cow stallion/mare you figure it out.
I understand what you mean.
But you have offered no valid reason for said point of view.
How will it harm you? Homosexuality is found throughout the natural world… so your animal comparisons don’t work.
Where is the harm?
And remember… there is no requirement for procreation in marriage, and no requirement for marriage in procreation.
how can you homosexuality is found throughout the natural world,there is nothing natural about it. it is totally sick & morally wrong & also we should not have to explain to our kids why two men or two women are kissing or holding hands in public.
If it’s harder and scarier for you to explain to your child
why some people love each other
than for you to explain to your child
why some people should be treated less than equal…
you’re doing it wrong.
Then don’t explain it. You don’t have to tell your kids everything.
But I like your logic-something isn’t found in the natural world, well, because it’s not natural!!!! It sounds like you are defining what’s natural….
You’re wrong, but I won’t try educating you.
You don’t really care… you just can’t get over your “ick factor” enough to learn otherwise.
Typical.
I didn’t know those animals marry, too.
Or maybe you’re confusing marriage with procreation…?
Darn those gay people! With this gay marriage thing, we’ve now embarked upon “the slippery slope”. The whole animal kingdom is gonna go wild….bull with bull, cow with cow…hamburger prices will go through the roof!
Hugs!
Hon, no one person can remove your post…
They’ve earned their angst… every last bit. They brought it on themselves. It’s good to see them lose… the angst is a representation of that loss. It is absolutely no different than the wallowing in the pain of gay people every chance they get. They deserve every bit of it.
I don’t care what you teach your children.
Me? Angst? Not this time! I’m still giddy with surprise and extreme happiness! The people of Maine did the right thing… I’ve nothing to be angst-ridden for!
I could care less if you “endorse” my marriage. You don’t really matter. It’s not about you.
You do get pleasure in my suffering by voting against our treatment under government every time you’ve had the chance.
Once married, there is no need to update any documents (at least for straight folks at the moment)… soon, that will be true for us as well. If your will somehow contests the next of kin status of your spouse, then yes… update it when you move.
You reconfirm in your last post you like to see others suffering. Sadist
You say something about wallowing in pain and that I get pleasure from your suffering. Not true and no evidence presented.
You and your kind censor opposing viewpoints.
It certainly appears from your vitriol you do care about my and others’ opinions (see PPH piece yesterday on society endorsement of gay marriage).
You are even wrong about not needing to update your legal affairs if you move to another state, regardless of you opinion on the matter.
Goodnight, sweetheart.
Angst is not suffering. Self induced angst is not suffering.
ok flagged….But nonetheless you still post disrespectfully and with malice.
You make a point of being as nasty as possible. That’s why you get flagged.
Your righteous indignation is noted and not pertinent. It’s the law now and will always be the law.
As far as the definition of angst is concerned here, you are the one filled with angst about something you now can’t do anything about.
You are smarting from being outvoted on this issue. It’s life you need to deal with it. You are acting out due to your insecurity concerning the issue.
Why are you afraid of my words? Why do you and your liberal gang of friends so afraid of opposing viewpoints that you continually flag them for removal? Mr. moderator, do comments flagged for review ever return after you screen them for appropriate content?
That sounded like a third grader there trashtocash.
(This reply is in the wrong spot apparently.)
I don’t take it personally. I’ve been happily married for 30 years and I’m not threatened by other people being happy!
Taking this personally is futile and it’s not going to impact you personally. You simply hate the idea of it. It’s here and it’s the law. It will not be reversed.
Why deny so many people their chance at happiness in their lives? There really isn’t a good reason beyond people’s own insecurities and biases.
Clear your cache and restart your browser… that should stop the issue with not being able to reply.
All i am gonna say about this is, I truly miss when Saturday Night Live was actually funny. Bring back the Dan Ackroyds, Chevy Chases, and Adam Sandlers of the comedy rhealm. These guys are terrible. As for the topic, give me a break and laugh at it. Everyone on this post board has to make everything political…when its truly NOT
Then don’t watch it. Whiner.
It was a little lame… But I still got a chuckle out of it..
do you realize if we don’t have man & woman the population will soon fade.
Are you seriously saying that because gay marriage passed in Maine, all of our population is suddenly going to turn gay?
Seriously?
Good news!
No one voted to make women go away, or men go away!
If you thought we were voting to see if you had to go gay marry someone, I’m delighted to tell you that you are free to live alone in hopes of some day finding a woman.
Do you realize that no one is saying otherwise?
Do you realize that no one is saying that one MUST gay-marry?
Do you realize that any fertile person can have children?
Do you realize that straight people will still marry and have children?
Actually, I am reconsidering my stance on this. I think countypotato should be made to gay marry the two comedians in this SNL skit.
Maine’s population has done a lot of fading already— we are the whitest state in the nation, and a pale lot we are, aren’t we dear?
Go adopt all the kids in foster homes and then we’ll talk, county sweet potato.
oh,must you start calling names.
I didn’t call you a name. Quit playing victim and address the real issue: your hypocrisy. Don’t start screaming about the end of human kind until you adopt all the children without homes.
“Goooooood. Use your aggressive feelings boy! Let the hate flow through you…” – Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
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So many “comments removed”.
So many bigoted comments…
Some people are too sensitive… Human nature..
No people had enough with nasty comments filled with bigotry and ignorance.
It’s not about thin skin it’s about a lack of manners.
When people disagree on something it isnt Bigotry… Just because people dont like gay marriage doesnt mean they are a bigot…
Nah, it was bigotry.
What was on here earlier today courtesy of a poster who has dual personalities, were hate filled comments.
The words were the words of bigots.
Thats your opinion……Everyone has one.
Still in shock from the (fantastic) results of the election eh?
Stevie’s not one of those, just so you know.
He’s actually a pretty good guy.
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I meant it. He doesn’t get insulting, and is very level-headed.
He’s been here at least as long as I, and we’ve never had the nonsense we see in others, or the attitude that I seem to carry.
More should strive to be like him in here.
I wasn’t disagreeing with you Ted. I’ve been around here for about 3 years myself and Mr. Dee has been entertaining at times.
I actually voted for SSM…
I got so excited that there were 216 comments presumably about how accomplished mainstream actors can NEVER get Maine accents remotely close to accurate. You know, since that was the point of the article. I was even ready to join the discussion, perhaps even mention that the only actor that, in my opinion, who ever came close was Steven Weber, during his brilliant narration of Stephen King’s IT on Audible.
But then I saw the comments and realized that no matter how far Maine appeared to have come last Tuesday, you still have a really long way to go.
-Chicago By Way of Maine
If you call a gay person a pervert or asking for special rights, yes, you are a bigot. Deal with it, sweet heart. I don’t have to deal with bigotry. Just like a gay person doesn’t have to deal with someone trying to deny them equal rights. It’s like calling someone a bully because they fight back against the person trying to keep them down. It’s nonsense.
I also love how you’re trying to play the victim with your “flag” comments. Why don’t you try being fired from your job and then start complaining? Pathetic.
Hopefully this little skit doesnt upset a few with thin skin, just sayin…
vBDN
It was amusing.
Still in shock from the results of the election eh?
:=O
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Now that the sodomites and their liberal panderers have exhumed a foul and
feotid theme to continue an agenda that demands acceptance of perversion
under penalty of law, one wonders what will be next. We have
documented evidence in multiple states where children are forced to attend
classes that normalize homosexuality in every human facet imagined. And this is
only the beginning! In time, the same illogical conclusions that
destroyed the institution of marriage will suggest that other perversions are
worthy of consideration because someone’s rights are being violated.
America is divided because people have made a choice to rebel against
morality and God. This amalgam of sybarites and lobotomized
wards of the state were thrust from the hasty loins of 1960’s Hippy radicals,
and today we are witnessing the spoils of multiple generations that have come
to embrace mediocrity and depravity. It is likely that America will continue
this downward spiral, but no matter how many years pass, there will always be a
remnant of voices that will speak the truth — in love — in the hopes that
some child will be spared from the deception that now abounds and entraps
with impunity.
This fancy talk turns me ON!
November 6, 2012: The day these lies stopped working.
“This amalgam of sybarites and lobotomizedwards of the state were thrust from the hasty loins of 1960’s Hippy radicals,and today we are witnessing the spoils of multiple generations that have cometo embrace mediocrity and depravity.”
Nothing like some thrusting hasty loins to give one the vapors! As George Takei would say, “Ohhhh myyyyy!”
Your discussion on classes is not confined to states with gay marriage. Linking the two is disingenuous at best.
Your god is not civil law.
The clear issue you have with the ‘rest of us’ is that we have all read other books aside from just the bible and are educated from a variety of books aside from just the bible…I didn’t attend over 10 years of University to come into each required class for my Degrees to be handed a bible to explain Psychology, Neuroscience, English, Political Science, Biology, Calculus, Statistics, Philosophy, Human Development, Pedagogy, etc, etc, etc.
If being educated outside of just religion makes someone a ‘radical hippy’ or a ‘sybarites and lobotomized wards of the state’ what does that make someone like you? Nothing more than a radical lobotomized religious individual who is a fearful and uneducated ward who was indoctrinated into religion and whose world is very, very small and sad.
If you wish to live in the very small world that you choose to live in that’s fine. The rest of us realize that the world is a large and diverse place and are not threatened or fearful of others who are different. Worry about you and your soul burning in hell and allow the rest of everyone else to worry about themselves. What other people do or do not do is none of your business so long as you are not required to do it- and you’re not.
Presumption on your part — in this case — does indeed reveal faulty logic… and, perhaps, provides an indication of the inaccuracies of your educational background couched in flattering hyperbole.
I don’t think it’s a ‘presumption’ to read what you consistently write regarding this topic and arrive at any other conclusion than that you are nothing more than fearful and uneducated white male….uneducated to the fact the your civil rights END where someone else’s civil rights begin and fearful of others who do not mimic you and your narrow belief system- go figure. That’s what happens when one derives all of their ‘information’ from one source, refuses to consider other sources and lacks the capacity to question why things are the way they are as well as the ability to question authority.
Until 1967 it was against the law in most southern states for interracial couple’s to marry. Why? Why shouldn’t differing races marry if they wish to? Just because it has always been that way in the south? Don’t question such an inane law? If one does not believe in interracial marriage- don’t marry someone of a different race, but that does not give that same person the right to attempt to prevent anyone else from marrying someone of a different race. People threw the bible around for justification of that- the whole ‘god’s law’ does not sanction mixture of the races was used. This ‘ideology’ was based on nothing more than fear and lack of education….’god’s wrath’ would be upon this country if interracial marriage was to be allowed. It’s the same tired drum that people like you continue to beat today about gay Americans. Time to find a new drum chum.
Gay American’s are Americans… and whether you like this fact or not that doesn’t make that fact any less true….and as Americans they should be treated no differently than any other Americans are treated. Civil law should work the same for all of us as Americans…. and we all know ‘god’s law’ only works the same for certain males- everyone else is disenfranchised…go figure.
People have the right to live their lives anyway they want so long as no one else is required to do the same and there are no laws are being broken. Being gay is not against the law… ‘god’s law’ is not civil law….one swears on the bible to uphold the Constitution one does not swear on the Constitution to uphold the bible. Poly Sci 101 explains that difference as well as the separation of church and state.
Your moniker is that of a fictional character from Melville’s Moby-Dick…. who by the way was described as a ‘savage’ cannibal…and I dare say you wear your moniker well. How’s that for hyperbole?
And now from the slough of desperation arises intolerance, anger and rage.
We’ll all be waiting (with bated breath) for your next post encompassing all those very ‘christian based’ family values….try again. LOL.
I read none of that in his writings… but in ALL of yours.
Especially when you through the threat of hell around like a billy-club.
You’re fundamentally a bad person.
I wonder… what evolving source of moral orthodoxy does a sodomite rely upon when assassinating a person’s character vis a vis committing an act against nature?
Their accents are not great, but they nailed a couple of things. First the word “dungarees” is not used much other than Maine, yeah I’ve heard it other places but not as frequently as Maine.
Second, Mainer’s stretch out the “o” sound. I can always tell if a Mainer is trying to cover up their accent, first clue is the long “o” sound and second is the exaggerated “r” at the end of a word, but the “r” in the middle of the word is missed completely.
So I’m guessing the “Oh Yah” over and over was supposed to be Ayuh? They could have at least got THAT part right!
I still don’t think it should be called marriage. The bible defines marriage as a man and a woman. Yes I attend church two time a week, at a minimum. BUT same sex couples deserve the right to emotionally acknowledge each other in public.
The bible is not civil law.
The civil contract is called “marriage”.
So what do atheists call it?
Oh yeah, they call it “marriage” too.
So do Jews, Hindu, Muslims, and Buddhists… so exactly where does your bible have exclusive rights to that word?
The drawl is way too elongated at the ends of the word. It’s supposed to be done in the middle of a word, not at the end, cept in New Vinyid or Cahhhhhthidge. Or Maaaaaaadrid. Clipping off the end of the word totally is more better. Unless you’re goin’ out to Glenbuuuuuuuuuun, pick up a sixie and pahhty, then go home.
idiots!!!
“Noo Yoakas got th’accent wrong.”
“Ayuh… they’ll do that.”
This is a BIG opportunity. Invite the SNL cast to Maine to film a segment or be polite and adventurous in some other way. Come on people, let’s go! The Maine accent is difficult to master. The lobster industry should be all over this in a positive way. Perhaps the characters have a kerfuffle over Canadian lobstahs. Maybe Ms. Smiley the BDN blogger can invite them to dinner (Lobster and blueberry pie ) anyone? Can you say revenue?
Maybe Carolann Ouellette, director of the Maine Office of Tourism, is interested?
… since when has Bar Harbor been Downeast?
Also, may I refer commenters to the handy-dandy set of guidelines up at the top and remind them to keep it civil?
Some people think Rockland area is downeast…
When I read the bible I swear it said Adam & Eve but I might have read that wrong. Maybe it said “Adam & Steve” Watch the real video here as it’s kinda funny: http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/423751
It really makes no difference.
The bible is not civil law.
The name “TEDLICK” fits you perfectly! Now that is fricken funny Sh&$ right theyah.
Glad you got a chuckle out of it.
It doesn’t change the fact that the bible isn’t civil law.
No vote was made to take away adam & eve’s ability to marry.
Thankfully, now adam & steve can be treated equally under Maine law, too!
Looks more like the McKenzie brothers growing old, eh!
This story is about the Video, Right?
Why Did they(SNL) try to make Mainers out to be so uneducated?
It didn’t come across that way to me.
It came across as a humorous look at how supposedly “manly” occupations like lobsterman could employ gay people who want to marry, too.
Which is funny to me because the first lesbian couple I ever knew lived in a seaside community, and one of the two was a lobster fisherman.
which one of your ‘traditional” marrriages, the 1st or the 2nd, or do affairs count to in your memories?
The funniest thing about SNL is that I thought SNL went off the air about ten years ago…Ha!
Not only did SSM pass, not only is the SNL skit is really funny, but the cruelest cut of all??? The real Maine starts at Kittery!