BANGOR - Supporters of Maine's same-sex marriage law marked the final week of the campaign on Tuesday with a get-out-the-vote event in Bangor featuring Gov. John Baldacci and several families involved in the fight against Question 1.

Baldacci re-called how he was originally opposed to same-sex marriage, preferring instead laws establishing civil unions of gay and lesbian couples. But Baldacci said that after examining the legal issues and listening to the heartfelt testimony during public hearings, he came to understand that civil unions and civil marriage are not the same in the eyes of the law.