Tag Archives: Maine

After they sent out a fundraising letter called “inflammatory” and “anti-Muslim,” the state of Maine has told the virulently anti-gay Christian Action Network that they can no longer raise funds there. The group is suing the state in response. The organization claims the state violated its right to free speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments when it denied the …

Nate Silver, the geeky guru of poll prognostication who accurately called the vast majority of the 2008 election results, has conducted an intensive examination of the Maine marriage battle. According to Silver, the marriage ban is likely to fail. Maine is the third least-religious state in the country, according to Gallup, with only 46 percent of that state’s residents saying …

Saying that Fred Karger of Californians Against Hate did not present enough evidence, the staff of the Maine Ethics Commission has recommended there be no investigation into the fundraising activities of Stand For Marriage Maine. The full commission will vote today on the recommendation, but don’t hold your breath. Somebody got to somebody, I’m betting on it. UPDATE: Whee! I …

From the latest poll (PDF) of Maine’s registered voters: Q.6 Now let me ask something else. One of the questions on the ballot this November will read as follows: “Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?” – If the election were held …

“Time is running out in Maine. Soon people will begin to request their absentee ballots and start voting. The time for President Obama to make clear that he opposes the ballot measure in that state is now. If he waits any longer, the Maggie Gallagher brigade against human rights will use his opposition to marriage to prove that he supports …

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Protect Maine Equality has just issued a much stronger ad condemning the lies of the opposition.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine is encouraging the state’s Catholics to take part in a 40-day “prayer and fasting” campaign to convince God to stop gay marriage. I guess they don’t really believe that God so adamantly hates queers and needs a little nudge.

UPDATE: Good As You’s Jeremy Hopper digs further into Stand For Marriage’s new liar icon.

Stand For Marriage Maine has released its latest anti-gay ad. Commenter Maine4Marriage via YouTube: More lies. All they did was redo an ad from California. And this Charla Bansley? She’s a member of the Stand For Marriage Maine team. She works for the Concerned Women For America of Maine, and has spoken at several SFMM rallies. And she teaches at …

The highly awaited Maine marriage poll conducted by Daily Kos/Research 2000 has just been released and it is ominous. Results show that if the voting were done today, Maine would lose marriage equality 48-46.There is a bit of confusion in the poll’s wording, as is so often the case. A “no” vote meant you DO want gays to be able …

No On 1/Protect Maine Marriage invites you take a volunteer vacation. How It WorksDuring the month leading up to the election, the campaign will be hosting a team of highly motivated volunteers to serve as full-time, volunteer campaign staff. In Maine voters begin casting their ballots in October, so we’re planning the Volunteer Vacation to run during the entire month …

No On 1/Protect Maine Equality has rushed out this strong response to anti-gay Stand For Marriage’s first television salvo. Donate to keep this ad on the air in Maine.

Meh. All the usual lies. “You’ll get SUED!” “Kids will be taught that gay people EXIST!” And couldn’t they have gotten this guy a better wig? Donate to No On 1/Protect Maine Equality.

As called for by Bishop Richard Malone, yesterday Catholic churches across Maine conducted a special collection to be donated to Stand For Marriage Maine’s ballot referendum. Not all of Maine’s Catholics agree and a few churches saw pro-gay demonstrators outside. Not all Catholics agree with the church on this issue, and just this week over one hundred people joined a …

“Our opposition to same-sex marriage is not an instance of unjust discrimination or animosity towards homosexual persons. In fact, the Catholic Church teaches emphatically that individuals and society must respect the basic human dignity of all persons, including those with a homosexual orientation.” (Of course, we will still be taking a special collection at Mass this Sunday to give to …

Bishop Richard Malone of the Maine Archdiocese has ordered all of the state’s Catholic churches to make a special second collection during mass next Sunday. The money taken during that second collection will go to the anti-gay Stand For Marriage Maine, who will be staging a rally this Sunday at the statehouse in Augusta. I suggest making your own counter-donation …

A dad talks about his gay daughter in this second ad from No On 1/Protect Maine Equality.

The marriage equality repeal bill made it onto Maine’s ballot yesterday, as expected. Here’s the first official ad from No On 1/Protect Maine Equality. Simple, to the point. I like it.

Fred Karger of Californians Against Hate is getting some traction in Maine regarding his allegation of NOM’s money laundering. Jonathan Wayne, Executive Director of State of Maine Commission of Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices, sent a strongly worded four page letter to Stand for Marriage Maine PAC (SFMMP) and the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), seeking more information on the …