Part of my work in psychiatry has been devoted to the recruitment of physicians to come to Maine for specialty training. Many of those choose to stay and practice.
These are highly educated, idealistic men and women who are attracted, among other things, by Maine's quality of life and culture of inclusion.
More than a few are gay or lesbian. Not only these, but a burgeoning straight population, who recognize that they have nothing to fear in the sexual practices of their consenting adult neighbors, are likely to be repulsed by a state that votes to institutionalize intolerance.
Recruiting the best and brightest to Maine, whether to practice medicine or to start a business, will suffer if the "yes" vote prevails.
Source: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story_pf.php?id=291495&ac=