Thank you -- all of you who gave of your stories, your time and your money to support full equality for all Maine families. Our heart goes out today to all the individuals and families who are still denied the civil legal rights and protections of marriage. Not one of us is free while our neighbors are denied their civil rights. As long as Maine families are denied the equal protection of the law, this campaign continues.
We should all draw strength and inspiration from the thousands of Mainers who began this campaign as strangers and ended up as neighbors. For those young people who got involved with politics for the first time on this campaign, thank you! We are proud and grateful of the campaign we helped lead -- marked by honesty and civility. Together, we have moved Maine and this country closer to the day when all people are treated equally under the law. We are on the right side of history. "Know hope. Which is not the same as optimism."