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The Maine Secession Movement is now actively inviting
Maine Secession Movement | May 24, 2014 | Maine Secession Movement staff

Posted on 05/24/2014 6:48:40 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine

The Maine Secession Movement is now actively inviting Born Again Christians to move to Maine from other states.

As the secession vote on June 12, 2018 moves ever closer, the Maine secession Movement is now actively encouraging Born Again Christian families in other states to put their property and business up for sale and move to Maine. This is being done in advance of the next release of the proposed Constitution for the Republic of Maine which will take effect immediately upon a successful vote for secession on June 12, 2018. This next release will include a section detailing how the entire border of Maine with both Canada and the United States, must be secured by Militia members and their families, resulting in nearly every square foot of land on the border being deeded over to members of the Militia who will live on the border, these parcels will range in size between 500 acres and 1500 areas.

A second reason is that we believe that as more and more, who will vote for secession, will move into Maine while more and more, who oppose secession, will start selling out and moving to other states where big government will remain. As an example, since education is reserved to the family first and then the local community with the State and the Counties explicitly denied any roll in education, we would expect that many NEA members will leave, all of the MEA staff will have no roll and will need to either leave or find gainful emplyment. Since welfare is non existent and is explicitly denied to any and all governments, but reserved to the churches and societies, we can think of no reason anyone currently on welfare will want to stay in Maine nor will there be any state positions for anyone now working in any of the welfare offices or bureaus.

To help Born Again Christians make their decision, below is the parts of the proposed Constitution that are now done. For additional information or help in locating property in Maine, please email freemaine at hushmail.com with "relocation" in the subject line.

Proposed Constitution of the Republic of Maine

PREAMBLE. We the people of the Republic of Maine, in order to establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for our mutual defense, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring God's aid and direction in its accomplishment, do this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord 2018, by majority of the people voting do agree to form ourselves from henceforth into a free and independent Christian Nation, by the style and title of the Republic of Maine and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the government of the same.

Article I. Declaration of Rights.

Section 1. Natural rights. All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.

Section 2. Power inherent in people. All power is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authority and instituted for their benefit; they have therefore an unalienable and indefeasible right to institute government, and to alter, reform, or totally change the same, when their safety and happiness require it.

Section 3. Religious freedom; all Christian sects are equal; religious tests prohibited; religious teachers. All individuals have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences, and no person shall be hurt, molested or restrained in that person's liberty or estate for worshiping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of that person's own conscience, nor for that person's religious professions or sentiments, provided that, that person does not disturb the public peace, nor obstruct others in their religious worship; all persons demeaning themselves peaceably, as good members of the State, shall be equally under the protection of the laws, and no subordination nor preference of any one Christian sect or Christian denomination to another shall ever be established by law, nor shall any religious test be required as a qualification for any office or trust, under this State; and all religious societies in this State, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall at all times have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and contracting with them for their support and maintenance. Christian leaders, pastors and teachers are encouraged to keep their charges, congregations, students, etc informed of what the government is doing from the pulpit, in private and public conversations, debates or conversation in general. No law is to be passed that limits the rights of Christian participation, leadership, or criticism of the government of Maine, the counties, or the local municipalities. All public meetings are to open with the Lords prayer and close with a Christian benediction thanking the Lord for the preceding and imploring His safety for all leaving the meeting.

Section 3a. Business closed on Sunday. Since it would not be possible for the Republic of Maine to secede and be free without the will and Divine help of the Lord God of Creation, and since the Lord God of Creation clearly states that in six days He created the heavens and the earth and all that is them and on them, and that He rested on the seventh day, the people of the Republic of Maine shall, as a Christian nation, in deep and abiding gratitude to God Almighty, the Trinity, the Creator, allow no businesses any where within the borders of the Republic of Maine, other than those exempted in section 3b, to open on the Sundays from midnight to midnight.

Section 3b. Businesses exempt from Section 3a. Since God in the form of the Lord Jesus, did on numerous occasions in the New Testament, heal on the Sabbath day, we therefore declare that those businesses that are necessary for human life, such as hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors offices may be open on Sundays, but only to offer services and products necessary for human life, products that could not wait till Monday. The Legislature, shall after notifying and consulting with Christian pastors, determine a list of businesses that shall be allowed to open on Sunday in a strictly voluntary manner. No public celebrations, games, or parties shall be allowed on the Sabbath and may not be exempted.

Section 4. Freedom of speech and publication; libel; truth given in evidence; jury determines law and fact. Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of this liberty; no laws shall be passed regulating or restraining the freedom of the press; and in prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of people in public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion, the law and the fact.

Section 5. Unreasonable searches prohibited. The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from all unreasonable searches and seizures; and no warrant to search any place, or seize any person or thing, shall issue without a special designation of the place to be searched, and the person or thing to be seized, nor without probable cause -- supported by oath or affirmation.

Section 6. The Militia and the standing army of 1,000. So as to insure and guarantee the rights guaranteed in this Constitution, every natural born male in the Republic of Maine, upon reaching the age of 18 years from conception through age 67 years from conception, has, as a member of the Militia, the obligation to keep and bear arms for the common defense, for his and his families protection, to defend against this government or any government in the future from becoming oppressive, tyrannical, or in any other way obnoxious to freedom, and to secure the rights written in this Constitution. This obligation shall never be questioned. No law shall be passed that restricts this obligation, except for time in a local jail, county jail or Maine Republic prison. No law shall be passed, test given, or fee assessed to any citizen of the Republic of Maine that would restrict in any way that citizens right to be armed either concealed or open. Males who are found to be or confess to being homosexuals are exempted from serving in either the Militia or the standing army. Males over the age of 65 may be voluntary members of the militia with the full rights of Militia members. Natural born males between the age of 16 years from conception to 18 years from conception may volunteer for militia service with the written permission of parents or guardians. The standing army of 1,000 shall be drawn from the militia by the commander of the Militia and is under the command of the commander of the militia who is appointed by and reports directly to the President.

Section 7. All human life is precious and a gift from God. Age is counted from the moment life begins, which is at the moment of conception and as such, all human life is protected from conception to death and has the full rights of this Constitution from conception. Any citizen of the Republic of Maine may use what ever force he or she deems necessary to protect human life. All abortions are considered first degree premeditated murder, children are entrusted, by God the Creator to that child's parents and as such are the responsibility of the parents, not the state, no level of Government whether local, county or Republic is to, in any way, over rule a parent in the rearing, educating, and/or influencing that child in any way.

Section 7a. Education. All education is left to the local community, to the parents first and foremost and then to the city, town or community in which the family resides. The counties and the Republic are explicitly denied any role in a child's education with the exception of Militia members while on duty and prisoners while in the care of the county jail or prison of the Republic. The first and foremost responsibility to teach a child Religion, obedience, patriotism, loyalty, righteousness, and to be a productive member of society rest squarely upon the shoulders of the parent(s), the local communities role is to support and reinforce that parental responsibility.

Section 8. Land use ordinances.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Education
KEYWORDS: maine; mainesecession; republicofmaine; secession
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

They try to confiscate my land, and they will cease to be.


61 posted on 05/24/2014 8:48:53 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

“We have no intentions of ever being a democracy we will be a a Republic.”

You have a strict religious requirement, as specific as picking and choosing ‘correct’ church doctrine or one particular religion, in order to participate. That’s a theocracy by committee.


62 posted on 05/24/2014 8:48:58 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz
From one pro-Maine secession site:

The vote for Maine to secede is going to be on June 12, 2018. 100,000 signatures will be needed to get the secession vote on the ballot, for whether the next governor of Maine is Paul LePage, self declared homosexual John Baldacci, or Cutler, a challenge is expected at every turn. Once on the ballot, 12,000 armed and determined members of Maine State Militia will provide secure at the polls to ensure the integrity of the polling places by checking the ID of everyone coming to vote before allowing them in to vote. Those who will not produce ID will be prohibited from entering to vote, their photos are to be taken and sent to a central clearing house. The day of the vote instructions will be given on how to handle absentee ballots.

Hmm, a private pro-secession army will control access to the polls by the public when the very ballot proposal at issue is the secession movement they support.

That sounds great, doesn't it?

63 posted on 05/24/2014 8:49:54 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Fuzz

Their oath contains a specific reference to the King James Bible too.


64 posted on 05/24/2014 8:50:59 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Albion Wilde

What about Seventh Day Adventists and others who consider Saturday to be this Sabbath?


65 posted on 05/24/2014 8:53:46 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: wideawake
Their oath contains a specific reference to the King James Bible too.

That's the big B Bible.

66 posted on 05/24/2014 8:54:14 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: wideawake

Smell the freedom.


67 posted on 05/24/2014 8:55:31 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Genoa
Do Roman Catholic churches have the same freedom

Hmm, let's see.

Our oath; "I pledge my allegiance first to the God of the Bible, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the one true, and living Triune God. Then to my family and then to Maine. I will not knowingly violate the word of God as articulated in this, my King James Version of the Holy Bible, nor any part of the Constitution of the State of Maine that does not violate God's word."

Looks like the Douay-Rheims Version and the New American Version need not apply.

68 posted on 05/24/2014 8:55:44 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

Hmmm. If I use the NKJV or the NIV, am I unable to take the oath?


69 posted on 05/24/2014 8:57:46 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Genoa

You should ask the militiamen blocking the door at your local polling place.


70 posted on 05/24/2014 8:58:55 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Fuzz
If you don't like it stay were you are, you might notice that the heading is: The Maine Secession Movement is now actively inviting Born Again Christians to move to Maine from other states.

If you are not a Born Again why would you even care? You probably would be happier in the Sudan, or perhaps Israel, or maybe China, India, France or the USA.

71 posted on 05/24/2014 9:12:38 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: wideawake; Fuzz

I think we know this is going nowhere. In all seriousness, I believe in benevolent autocracy too, with the Lord Jesus Christ as the autocrat. It’s called the Kingdom of God, or the millennium. I’ll be ready when He is. Until then, we need to keep sharing the good news about the Kingdom, and thank God for the freedom we still have.


72 posted on 05/24/2014 9:12:45 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Fuzz; The_Republic_Of_Maine
Understanding the proposed republic requires a thorough knowledge of Christianity, since The Republic of Maine's proposed founding document clearly indicates that Christ's teachings will form the basis of its social values. Those who are not deeply familiar with those teachings are not fully qualified to criticize. It would be more stimulating to one's learning process -- if for no other reason, to better understand the Founding of the 1776 USA -- to ask questions and receive answers than to reject out of hand.

Post 49 refuted your mistaken assumption that religion will be enforced by a militia; therefore all your complaints in your prior post to me are invalid.

Let us discuss your notion of freedom. Political freedom does not mean that the individual gets to reinvent the absolutes we are born into, such as gravity, physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, and other cosmic forces. These powerful forces were grouped by the U.S. Founders under the name "Natural Law," in recognition that all organic life has transcendent natural attributes and limitations. Unlimited freedom from the moral absolutes arising from Natural absolutes is not humanly possible in the long term. All humans can do, as we are doing presently in the U.S. with fictions such as gay marriage and multicultural equality, is invent legal fictions to suspend the consequences of moral transgressions indefinitely; but the scales will be balanced by the Creator eventually.

The Republic of Maine proposal is for volunteers for freedom in Christ, not freedom from Christ. Those educated in Christianty understand that volunteers in such a project are committed to refounding a Christian nation, as the U.S. was once a Christian nation for its first several centuries, during which it flowered and its people prospered -- unlike now.

That is not to say that this project can and will succeed automatically. There will be great struggles ahead, inevitably, for all mankind now that all nations are globally interconnected 24/7. But I do appreciate the mental exercise of attempting to envisioneer such a project.

73 posted on 05/24/2014 9:13:21 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are few." -- Walid Shoebat)
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To: Born to Conserve
"They try to confiscate my land, and they will cease to be."

We have not finished the land use section, but I can assure you no level of govt is going to confiscate your land.

74 posted on 05/24/2014 9:13:44 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: reg45
"What I am saying is that age cannot be determined with a precision of one day if it is based upon conception. The best that can be done is about one week. "

One week is fine, no one is going to get upset over one week.

75 posted on 05/24/2014 9:15:29 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: cripplecreek

It is our plan to give Portsmouth to NH.


76 posted on 05/24/2014 9:17:19 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine; Fuzz

What makes you think Fuzz isn’t born again? I didn’t get that impression at all.


77 posted on 05/24/2014 9:18:14 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: wideawake
Is that the best you can do to explain and defend your questionable project?"Is that the best you can do to explain and defend your questionable project?"

This is not a debate forum, it is an invitation for Born Again Christians to move to Maine. As for my casting aspersions on someone's supposed place of origin I have done no such thing. If you read such a thing into it, you are a fool or a trouble maker or have simply made a mistake.

78 posted on 05/24/2014 9:19:34 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: wideawake

You are wrong.


79 posted on 05/24/2014 9:20:55 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

Happy birthweek to you, happy birthweek to you, happy birthweek, happy birthweek, happy birthweek to you.


80 posted on 05/24/2014 9:21:48 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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