Tag Archives: Maine

The Maine Family Policy Council’s Pastor Dallas Henry says that gays are coming to kill Christians. In their sleep. The enemy comes in and becomes “one of us” unless we are discerning. For example, the Homosexual activists have been very clever in appearing as normal families while hiding the diabolical acts they engage in on a regular basis. They have …

Pamela Beliveau performs storytelling at children’s events across Maine and New England where she has established award-winning child literacy programs. She used to be a lector and Eucharistic Minister for her hometown Catholic Church in Maine, but just got fired by her pastor after he read her letter in support of marriage equality in a local newspaper. Beliveau explained her …

The Children Of The Corn Singers perform a gospel-tinged (of course) song of support for bigotry in Maine. Nice harmony, terrible ending. (Via – Good As You) UPDATE: JMG reader Avery notes that the Yes, Lord, Yes song was actually popularized by an out gay gospel singer. Irony!

Last night Rachel Maddow hosted Maine Gov. John Baldacci to discuss his change of heart on same-sex marriage. The latest poll released yesterday shows the issue to still be a tie.

This Sunday in Maine, Pastor Bill Clarke is staging anti-gay prayer events around various places of government where Christianists will hold hands to “encircle all physical representations of the civil magistrate.” As you know, in Romans we are told that the civil magistrate is a minister of God and is to be a minister of justice and a terror to …

I’ve still never figured out what they mean by “teach gay marriage.” I don’t recall opposite marriage ever being taught to me.

Protect Maine Equality has issued this last-minute push to get voters out to the polls. Don’t forget that YOU can help from anywhere in the nation by calling Maine voters from your home, office or cell phone. It won’t cost you anything. The software calls you. Your phone number won’t be revealed. Caller ID will show the NO on 1 …

Peter LaBarbera held a press conference yesterday in Maine’s state house yesterday, which was not only virtually unattended except by the press, but was denounced by Stand For Marriage themselves. Opponents of same-sex marriage on Wednesday warned that “radical homosexual” groups concealing their true agendas were behind efforts to keep Maine’s gay marriage law on the books. Those charges were …

Good news from Maine: A federal judge has turned down a request by the National Organization for Marriage to suspend Maine’s campaign reporting requirements for ballot initiatives. But the judge’s decision on Wednesday will have no immediate impact on the biggest contributor to the group that’s trying to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law. The ethics commission voted Oct. 1 to …

Rex Wockner reports that Maine’s No On 1 campaign desperately needs phone volunteers to help get out the vote to preserve marriage equality. You can do your part from your home or office on your cell phone or landline. Basically, Karin [of Protect Maine Equality] needs you to get trained fast, then make lots of phone calls to Maine from …

“All of the focus on television ads, both in Maine and California, misses a huge point, namely, that advertising rarely moves more than a tiny fraction of people to change their minds on any candidate, subject or product that people feel they know well. And if there’s one issue that everyone thinks they know about, it’s marriage. Yet, somehow, people …

Stand For Marriage Maine released this bit of spookery on Friday.

Rather than comply with Maine’s financial disclosure requirements, NOM is suing the state to overturn the law entirely. The biggest contributor to the group trying to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law is suing the state over its campaign reporting requirements. The state ethics commission voted Oct. 1 to take a closer look at contributions by the National Organization for Marriage …

Nate Silver provides the below list of insanity from Yes On 1’s email to folks planning to call in to Maine’s talk radio stations.Nate Silver: So, paraphrasing somewhat, the arguments that the Yes on 1 campaign seems to be making are as follows: 1. The new law won’t make gay marriage equal to straight marriage. Instead, it will create a …

Good As You notes that evangelical freak show Lou Engle, who rabidly rallied his vacant-eyed troops over Prop 8, is coming to Maine. From Engle’s site: In 2007, in California, thousands of believers fasted for a 40-day period and prayed that God would restrain the spiritual powers that are behind the homosexual agenda and the drive to redefine marriage. Three …

Election officials in Maine say they are being “overwhelmed” with requests for absentee ballots and that half of the state’s voters may have voted by election day. Political experts said the push to vote absentee is changing the way campaigns are run, and a whole new strategy has arisen because of it. “It’s possible now that half the voters will …

I posted this clip back in May, but it’s rocketing back around the web this morning, so here it is again. Watch as an 86 year-old WWII veteran describes why he supports marriage equality in Maine. “The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty surprised to be …

Two weeks before the vote, the latest marriage poll from Maine shows a tie at 48-48, with 4% undecided. The survey from Public Policy Polling (PDF) notes a large gender gap in the responses, with 53% of men willing to overturn same-sex marriage, but with only 43% of women agreeing. According to the pollster, with responses split along predictable party …