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November 10, 2005

"The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!"

Well, I guess you have to give these guys credit for tenacity.

AUGUSTA - Still stinging from their lopsided defeat at the polls, Christian fundamentalist groups have all but abandoned efforts to repeal the state's new gay rights law to instead focus on pushing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

"Now that the gay rights movement has prevailed, we will soon hear the call for gay marriage," a staid Michael Heath of the Christian Civic League of Maine said Wednesday outside the group's Augusta headquarters. "We must work to see that this never happens."

Before commenting on the idea presented at the press conference, let me first ask a question of the BDN's copy editors - what the heck? Were you guys asleep? I'm not a big fan of Heath, but I'm allowed to say so - this is a blog. You guys are supposed to be objective. Enough of this "still stinging" and "staid" nonsense. Just tell us what they said and cut the extraneous crap, okay?

Okay.

Now, where were we?

Yes, the anti-gay marriage amendment to the Maine Constitution. The short version? I hope these guys are long-range planners, because there is no chance of this happening anytime soon. Democratic House, Senate and Governor. That's one heck of an obstacle course to navigate.

Two, announcing it so soon after what turned out to be a resounding defeat (boy was I wrong on the margins) makes you look like sore losers and obsessives, not resolute. Before jumping into another expensive, time-intensive campaign, figure out why you lost the last one so badly.

The answers may surprise you.

Posted by slublog at November 10, 2005 07:43 PM

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