This is not for a discussion on whether Maine can secede of not, it is an invitation for Born again Christians to consider moving to Maine to help us secede.
I’ll wait for glow-bull warming to grow palm trees along the coast first.
It’s interesting that the constitution establishes generic Christianity without providing for a means of defining it. How is it to be defined? How are sects that fall outside the definition to be dealt with?
Forest, fish and tourism and that’s it, we do have a fair amount of Hydro power but with no coal, gas or oil reserves we do not have Economic Viability!
Age from conception is almost impossible to determine, especially if you want to get it to the nearest day.
Why would the people’s republic of Maine be looking for born agains to move there and water down their socialist tendencies?
What about your huge Somali population? They’re invited to the big dance too? ROFL
Maine can’t even get rid of the RINOs - Susan Collins and the former Ole Snow...
Question about Section 4: does this wording allow the Republic of Maine to prohibit obscenity and pornography? How does the Republic of Maine intend to deal with the border-trespassing by the Internet with regard to pornography?
My particular "denomination" has a tradition of public celebrations on the Lord's Day, usually involving food as well as drink and even music. Will these traditions be permitted to continue out-of-doors as they have been for centuries in this new Republic of Maine?
They try to confiscate my land, and they will cease to be.
The North shall rise again!
Btw, FR does not advocate secession.
Maybe if you posted it to the religious forum with some "CAUCUS" label. But if you post it to General/Chat people are going to chat about it generally.
In technical terms, Maine secession would be easier because it's at one far end of the country and only shares a border with one state (it's also just about the only state I have to go east to visit: everything else is the other way, FWIW), but Maine is, with Vermont and New Hampshire one of the least religious states in the country (used to be Oregon, California, and Washington), so your plan is going to be difficult to realize.
There's the "tell". The spirit of this movement is exposed by its desire to invite in those from away.
God bless and protect the true Yankee spirit and nature of Maine.
From the Bangor Daily News 5/18/12:
Got faith? Maine the least-religious state in the nationAnd from the Portland Press Herald on 9/5/11:Maine has fewer residents who claim a religious affiliation than any other state in the union. The Pine Tree State is the only one in the country in which less than 30 percent of the population belong to a religious denomination or independent Christian church, according to a census conducted every 10 years by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.
This follows a Pew study that found 40 percent of Mainers pray daily — the lowest percentage in the nation.
Maine a mecca for gay couplesSo Maine is the state in which born again Christians will comfortable moving to? And all the current born again Christians and future born again Christian residents will be sufficient in number to exceed the current residents who will surely vote against this ill-conceived constitution?Experts attribute the numbers to the state’s gay-friendly laws and its history of tolerance.
Maine has more same-sex couples per capita than all but six states, according to a new analysis of 2010 U.S. Census data.
Additionally, South Portland and Portland have become particular hot spots for gay couples, the statistics show, outpacing Boston, Cambridge and other gay-friendly cities.
You are delusional.
You are proposing an economy destroying Constitution. Yup, everyone’s going to vote for that.
Tourism in Maine? You just killed it. Hotel/Motel/Inn keepers can’t work, so no one can be checked in or checked out on Sundays. Maids certainly can’t clean rooms on Sundays.
But it won’t matter because taxi drivers can’t work on Sundays, buses won’t run on Sundays. Neither will trains or airplanes.
All airports will be closed on Sundays without workers.
As far as driving anywhere, better fill up on Saturday because you won’t find gas stations open on Sunday.
Commercial fishing? Can’t do it Sundays.
Commercial shipping? According to Wikipedia: “In 2001, Maine’s largest city of Portland surpassed Boston as New England’s busiest port (by tonnage), due to its ability to handle large tankers.” I wonder how that will work to close the ports on Sundays.
Actually, just the fact that you’re going close down stores and malls on Sundays will doom this half-witted idea.
Not sure why I have been following this nonsense, but last night it occurred to me that The_Republic_Of_Maine has perpetuated information that his wholly fraudulent. He has said that they only need a majority vote in June 12, 2018 to make this happen following a petition of 100,000 signatures.
The Constitution of Maine has a provision for Citizens Initiatives and Peoples’ Vetoes that can be initiated with a petition, but to actually change the constitution you need to follow the rules outlined below:
Article X.
Additional Provisions.
“Section 4. Amendments to Constitution. The Legislature, whenever 2/3 of both Houses shall deem it necessary, may propose amendments to this Constitution; and when any amendments shall be so agreed upon, a resolution shall be passed and sent to the selectmen of the several towns, and the assessors of the several plantations, empowering and directing them to notify the inhabitants of their respective towns and plantations, in the manner prescribed by law, at the next biennial meetings in the month of November, or to meet in the manner prescribed by law for calling and holding biennial meetings of said inhabitants for the election of Senators and Representatives, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November following the passage of said resolve, to give in their votes on the question, whether such amendment shall be made; and if it shall appear that a majority of the inhabitants voting on the question are in favor of such amendment, it shall become a part of this Constitution.
It appears to be complicated gobblighygook, but it basically says that changes to the constitution must start as a bill in the legislature and be passed by 2/3rds of both houses. It then needs to go to a November election where is shall require a majority of the voters.
They would need elect over 100 members of the State House and 24 member of the State Senate to achieve their first goal of getting it onto the ballot. That isn’t going to happen.
All immigrants should be required to sign a pledge they they will acquire the old, nearly extinct rural New England accent (”Titus Moody”/Parker Fennelly) as soon as possible.
So the first act of this new government is to steal the perimeter land from the rightful owners and give it to your buddies. Such fine Christian leadership!