I recently found ads on this blog for Stand For Marriage Maine, a group attempting to overturn the State of Maine’s law that allows gay marriage, on this site. I was flummoxed, considering I’ve already voiced my support for allowing gay marriage, and because I have a link to ProtectMaineEquality.org. Personally, I find Stand For Marriage’s tactics distracting at best, and fear-mongering at worst, and I don’t want their content on this blog.

So why did the Stand For Marriage ad appear in the first place?

Well, ads on theFiver are run through a Google application, which chooses which ads to run and where they are placed on this site. For whatever reason, Google decided theFiver’s audience wanted a link advocating banning gay marriage in Maine.

I am partially to blame because my Google account did not have the proper ad filters to prevent this from happening. I am now in the process of filtering out all political advertising until after the election. Meanwhile, I am temporarily suspending all Google Ads until I’m sure this snafu isn’t repeated.

I apologize for any confusion this has caused, and if any members of the GLBT and their allies are reading this, I am especially sorry. As for you Mainers, I urge a No vote on Question 1.