Are gays led by demons, some on the religious rightwing think so

Rick Santorum, a man who believes that two men getting married is like a man marrying a dog, is quitting the presidential race. So in honor of the most anti-gay presidential candidate ever, and that includes you Michelle Bachmann, here are a couple of stories that deal with...

Snowe melts with dim Republican prospects

Olympia Snowe may have been a good candidate for President. She is reasonable and has broad appeal. Romney too is reasonable with potentially broad appeal. However, his laundry has been soiled. " “Sen. Olympia...

Remember Maine

Romney wins, barely For one brief flickering moment Mitt Romney eked a 3% margin win over Ron Paul to take Maine. If Romney had lost Maine, I think it would have doomed his bid for Presidency. This is New England...

Maine Now Second State to Push Child Labor

Wish the citizens were allowed to come up with ways to get around stuff like this!  It all comes down to money, yet they will keep making their high wages.  Why is it that some Republican lawmakers really want to see the return of child labor? State legislative...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) tells NAACP to “Kiss My Butt” VIDEO

"Maine’s tea party-backed Gov. Paul LePage (R) said that the NAACP can “kiss my butt,” after the civil rights organization criticized LePage for declining invitations to attend events honoring Martin Luther King Day. The NAACP had invited LePage to events in Portland...

Central Maine Power Outages: Restoration Will Take Days

Central Maine power outages have affected an estimated 130,000 homes and businesses due to the winter storm. Central Maine Power Company (CMPC) said the restoration may take days.A major winter storm in the...

Maine reporter fired over gay marriage email

MAINE NEWSPAPER REPORTER CLAIMS WRONGFUL TERMINATION,  CHARGES "ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS"  OVER INCENDIARY GAY MARRIAGE EMAIL Larry Grard,  a  Maine newspaper reporter who has written for 18 years for the Waterville Morning Sentinel,    was...

Maine Marriage Equality group uses IRS against Churches

After the referendum Question One won on the ballot on November 3 in the state of Maine,  gay advocacy groups such as Maine for Marriage Equality began going after Churches who supported "YES on Question One"  for the repeal of gay marriage.   They have done...

New data offers first demographic picture of same-sex couples

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law analyzed newly released data by the U.S Census Bureau that offers the first demographic picture of same-sex couples. Advancing...

The Bradley effect and the gay marriage repeal in Maine

The Bradley Effect is a political phenomena named after the  African American  politician Thomas Bradley who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite being far ahead in the polls.   It was found that people told pollsters they intended to vote...

Both sides reflecting on Question One in aftermath of repeal

PORTLAND, Maine  In the aftermath of the repeal of gay marriage in the bellwether state of Maine,  both sides are reflecting,  and looking to the future. The gay marriage advocacy groups are vowing...

Gay Apartheid: The real campaign against gays & lesbians?

The defeat in Maine on same-sex marriage continues to bother many and opinions differ on why Maine residents voted for or against same-sex marriage. Some believe Rural-Urban divide was at work in Maine's repeal...

Rural-Urban divide was at work in Maine repeal of gay marriage

"Opinions may differ on particular strategies. But the unofficial results show that, as with many other cultural issues, whether Mainers voted for or against same-sex marriage largely depended on where they call home."  ~Bangor Daily News Online  There has been...

Gay rights leaders blame Ads, Obama for loss in Maine

While Conservatives celebrated Maine voters' repeal of a law that would allow gay couples to marry, gay rights leaders blame television ads and President Obama for the Gay marriage loss in the state of Maine. "...

Harvey's Top 10: "Let's Look At The Big Picture"

Ken Harvey, an accomplished author who won the Violet Quill Award for Best Gay Fiction of the Year, for a book of short stories, "if you were with me everything would be all right" finds himself, as he has in...

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