Maine legal­izes same-​​​​sex mar­riage By leg­isla­tive action, no less. With­out a court telling them they had to do it. That makes Maine the sec­ond state to enact same-​​​​sex mar­riage with­out a judi­cial order to do so, and the first state to enact same-​​​​sex mar­riage with­out a judi­cial order to at least cre­ate a par­al­lel licens­ing sys­tem (as the Ver­mont Supreme Court did back before that state cre­ated its civil union sys­tem). Also, the first state to leg­isla­tively dis­pose of a prior leg­isla­tive ban (Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 19-​​​​A § 701 (2009)). My last law school exam ever starts in 10 min­utes. Woo hoo!