Anti gay rights referendum abandoned
By Wally EdgeLove or hate him, when Michael Heath, the Executive Director of the Maine Christian Civic League decides to tackle a referendum - he usually gets it done.
Not this time.
Citing a lack of money, low voter turn out at the June primary and a lack of volunteers, Mr. Heath has abandoned his quest to place a referendum question on the ballot for the 2009 election. The proposal would have repealed Maine's law protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation, credit and education. The proposal also included several other provisions including prohibiting the use of state funds by the attorney general's office for its civil rights teams.
This issue will not go away. However, Mr. Heath may be playing defense as the ripple effect from California's latest foray in to same sex marriage spreads east.
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he wastes his time.
he wastes his time.
What a crackpot
...Cause it's always someone else's fault, right Mikey? It couldn't possibly be that Maine people think your personal anti-civil rights crusade is obscene! Seriously, this guy is such a sad case.
Oh well. Yet another sad
Oh well. Yet another sad victory for the opposition.
Stop ALL Discrimination
Either you think everyone is equal or you don't. If you don't believe everyone is afforded the same rights, then you are not a true American. Same-sex couples are the last generation's selected group to hate/discriminate against. Before that it was the handicapped, women, blacks, interracial couples, inter-religion couples, Japanese-Americans, etc. etc. etc.
All flavors of the same poison... Enough already, wish their efforts were directed at saving lives instead of false self-empowerment.
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