Good As You: Christian Civic League of Maine Roundup
06/04/2009
'Happy, Happy, joy, joy' vs. 'Happy, Happy, anti-boy/boy'
For us, this is Happiness: But for Mike Heath, Maine's most prominent foe of the 'mos, happiness is, well, uhm -- linking to far-right anti-gay groups, one of which has been designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty...
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06/02/2009
Audio: The incendiary fuel behind Maine's 'People's Veto'
Yesterday we showed you how the Rev. Bob Emrich (a leader in overturning marriage equality in Maine) supports the "ex-gay" idea, and how Mike Heath ( another key player in the anti-equality fight) was using the Tiller murder to further...
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06/01/2009
'The only thing I hate more than physical violence is spiritual and moral violence.'
You know how we've been detailing the out-there words of Mike Heath, the more prominent figurehead for Maine's movement to rollback marriage equality? Well he's now written a piece in response to the Tiller murder that (a) directly links abortion...
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05/29/2009
Heath keeps talking; Our chances of winning in Maine keep growing
Another day, another noxious quote from the Maine "pr-family" movement's main liability, Michael Heath. This time, while denouncing a proposal to bring gambling to the Pine Tree State, Heath suggests that same-sex marriage has led the local legislature to lose...
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05/21/2009
Heath's bar: Examining the verbal diarrhea of Maine's head anti-gay
Far be it from us to give our organized opposition advice. But if they wish to put forth something that even somewhat resembles a moral, righteous, intellectual front, we do feel compelled to recommend that they replace Mike Heath as...
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05/08/2009
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something Beelzebubian
This is how Maine's most prominent anti-gay group, The Maine Family Policy Council (formerly the Christian Civic League of Maine), presents the stakes in their "battle to repeal the state's newly granted marriage equality: Weak or Strong - Timid or...
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05/04/2009
Anti-gay activism is really going to the dogs (and cats)
What does Maine's organized marriage equality opposition look like? Well consider the following little nugget from Steve Whiting, an attorney who serves on the Board of Directors of Maine's largest anti-gay advocacy group, Maine Family Policy Council (formerly the Christian...
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04/23/2009
Heath's bar: ME equality foe shares gay-limiting verbosity
Mike Heath, Maine's most prominent 'mo foe, did not speak at yesterday's marriage equality hearing, because of what seems to be his distrust for Maine's elected officials. However, he has publicized what he would have said had we all been...
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02/26/2009
The 'Maine' point: That Michael Heath is being unfair and mean-sprited
Michael Heath, Maine's most prominent anti-gay activist, recently gave a speech addressing the reasons why the Pine Tree State should not allow marriage equality. Now, we want to be nice, so we will just say: It's an offensive load of...
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02/16/2009
ME: Scenes from an anti-marriage
What does a post-Valentine's Day rejection of same-sex love look like? Well if thrown by the Maine Family Policy Council (the new name for the suddenly-more-mainstream, suddenly-more-Focus on the Family-affiliated Christian Civic League of Maine), that event looks something like...
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02/04/2009
Roses on the 14th, thorns on the 15th
If you live in Maine and want to celebrate love, then you should do all you can on Valentine's Day to ensure that those close to you know how much they mean to your life. If you live in Maine...
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02/02/2009
Our fight is the righteous one, without a question
Rev. Dallas Henry is against marriage equality making its way to his home state of Maine. In a new piece he's penned for the Christian Civic League of Maine, the pastor has tied in that marriage antipathy to acceptance in...
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09/25/2008
AIG, Fannie, Freddie, Lehman: Blame your gay employees!
We assumed that many of them think it. However, to our knowledge, the Christian Civic League of Maine's Michael Heath (who's also a proud board member of Peter Labarbera's Americans For Truth group) is the first "pro-family" person to quite...
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06/20/2008
Maine's pain forced to abstain
Due to lack of support and interest, the indefatigably gay-hostile folks at the Christian Civic League of Maine have announced that they're scrapping an attempt to pass measures that would've (a) repealed a state non-discrimination law, (b) prevented state funds...
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05/16/2008
Wherein homo-hostility turns herbicidal
Think you've seen every sort of attack on yesterday's historic ruling that you can possibly imagine? Well check out this little quip from the Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Heath, which was passed on to us by the lovely...
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04/28/2008
Calling gays 'gross' and 'satanic': Is that a Maine priority?
The Christian Civic League of Maine and its notoriously queer-hostile leader, Mike Heath, have announced that they'll petition to put referendums on the state's 2009 ballot designed to (a) outlaw civil unions and same-sex marriages in the state and (b)...
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12/18/2007
Mike, Maine's ALREADY embarrassed by your rhetoric! Why would that change?
The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Heath has never been known for his civility. However, in a recently published piece called "Evanjellyfish," Heath has ratcheted up the discourse to an anti-gay degree so hostile and heated, one might wonder...
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11/28/2007
For the bias tells him so
Maine's most vocal anti-gay activist, Michael Heath, has announced that his Christian Civic League of Maine group will be on site this Friday when South Portland's United Church of Christ hosts a screening of the gay-friendly film, For The Bible...
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11/16/2007
And now in stone-casting news: Heath ups 'evil' ante
Yesterday we expressed great detestation over comments made by the Christian Civic League of Maine's Michael Heath, wherein he said that Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was supporting "evil ideas and lifestyles" by agreeing to co-sponsor the Senate version of ENDA....
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03/21/2007
The Maine goal, Mr. Heath, is liberty and justice for ALL
In a column he recently wrote for the Portland Press Herald, the Christian Civic League of Maine's Michael Heath (pic.) says: A judge sometime in the near future is going to put Maine's domestic partnership definition (which includes homosexual partnerships)...
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02/14/2007
But by 'wipe this stench out,' he of course means it in the nice Christian way
Remember last week when social conservatives were thoroughly chastising Pam Spaulding because of threatening comments that a pro-gay activist had made (unbeknownst to her)on her site? And when everyone on their side was so quick to assert that extremism exists...
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02/13/2007
Heath said, we said
Below is a piece written by the Christian Civic League's Michael Heath (in red) followed by our own commentary (in blue). Enjoy: All Over but the Shouting By Michael Heath I've been doing this job too long. I can remember...
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10/02/2006
SCOTUS of Washington rebuffs CCL of Maine
Our ol' buddies at the Christian Civic League of Maine have been brushed off by the U.S. Supreme Court, who have refused to hear an appeal of a May ruling that prevented the League from airing an anti-same-sex marriage radio...
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08/28/2006
SHOCKING: Pro-gay governor stumps at place where gay voters congregate
The anti-gay folks at the Christian Civic League of Maine are today decrying Governor John Baldacci for including on his campaign website a picture of his appearance at a local Gay Pride Festival. They say: "Incredible as it may seem,...
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08/09/2006
Yes, let's be honest: You guys call yourselves 'pro-family' so your anti-gay attacks won't seem as mean-spirited
From the Christian Civic League of Maine's Record newsletter: Look for Pastor Henry's upcoming "Let's be duplicitous" column, when his apparent proclivity for body text that contradicts the headline will honestly reveal how "the well-intentioned gay movement is actually out...
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08/08/2006
Wherein we address an obscure opinion piece as if it's actually news
In an opinion piece posted today on the Christian Civic League of Maine's online Record newsletter, Maine resident John Frary wonders why and how society's views on homosexuality have changed in the past fifty years. In honor of Mr. Frary's...
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08/03/2006
Analyzing 'pro-family' rhetoric, one paragraph at a time
In an argument against "homosexual indoctrination" in public schools, S.C Stratton of the Maine Risk Audit Project says in the Sept. edition of the Christian Civic League of Maine's Record newsletter: When gay activists recently introduced a book into a...
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06/14/2006
CCL of Maine to protest Pride; dignity, honor, and self-respect remain unpicketed
In a video piece posted on his website, the Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Heath has announced that his group will protest this Saturday's Southern Maine Pride Parade in Portland, inviting others to "stand with [them] in this noble...
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05/10/2006
Potential CCL of Maine snow job invalidated by Snowe's job
A judicial panel has ruled that the gay-unfriendly folks at the Christian Civic League of Maine cannot air a radio ad encouraging Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to vote in favor of the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment," because the...
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01/09/2006
Groups encourage prez to use State of Union to state opposition to unions
On their website, the Christian Civic League of Maine says that they recently joined almost seventy "pro-family organizations" who on December 20th sent a letter to Prez Bush, encouraging the Commander in Chief to support a queer marriage-banning amendment in...
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11/30/2005
Food purveyor rebuffs anti-gayer
The Christian Civic League of Maine is reporting in their Record online newspaper that Shaws grocery store has contacted outspoken "pro-family" activist Paul Madore and demanded that he remove a recommendation that "people buy their food at Shaws and send...
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10/06/2005
'How to stigmatize gays without sounding too nutty' summit coming to Waterville, ME
According to the website of the Christian Civic League of Maine, The Faith Evangelical Church in Waterville, Maine, will this Saturday play host to a seminar that "will share the Christian perspective on the problems of homosexuality." The CCL claims...
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09/27/2005
CCL of Maine labels 'gays' as 'sexual predators,' furthering their status as 'predators of homosexuals'
In the latest edition of their online newspaper The Record (a religious paper that we read religiously), the Christian Civic League of Maine defends the Boy Scouts of America's policy banning openly gay Scout leaders, saying: "Every sane person knows...
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08/04/2005
CCL of Maine questions with exactly which 'circle' a certain 'family' associates
In today's edition of 'The Record,' the online newspaper of the Christian Civic League of Maine, the writer (presumably Michael Heath) criticizes a 'Family Circle' article in which columnist Ann Pleshette Murphy advises parents "to tell their children about gay...
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