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Maine Could Elect The Country's First Gay Governor – But LGBT Activists Are Split
Guardian (UK) ^ | November 01, 2014 | Jon Swaine

Posted on 11/01/2014 5:57:21 PM PDT by Steelfish

Maine Could Elect The Country's First Gay Governor – But LGBT Activists Are Split Democrat Mike Michaud is in a neck-and-neck race with incumbent Paul LePage but he persistently voted against gay rights legislation before coming out

Jon Swaine 1 November 2014

The man who may soon be the first openly gay person elected as a governor in the US sat silently in Maine’s house of representatives as an older colleague embarked on a homophobic tirade against the anti-discrimination proposal that they were considering.

“I don’t see them as gay because they never smile, they have got that withdrawn look,” J Robert Carrier, a Democrat from Westbrook, told the chamber in Augusta in May 1983, as a 28-year-old Mike Michaud looked on. “I feel sorry for those people,” said Carrier.

Urging fellow lawmakers to vote against a bill that would have outlawed discrimination against Maine’s estimated 100,000 gay citizens for housing or jobs, Carrier said that just as “if you want to be a drunk, if you want to be a liar, if you want to be a thief, if you want to be a crook”, the solution to homosexuality was “self-discipline”.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: 2014election; election2014; homosexualagenda; jrobertcarrier; maine; mikemichaud; paullepage
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To: Steelfish; Maine Mariner; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; campaignPete R-CT; GOPsterinMA

That poll showing LePage up 10 was an outler, every other poll has had the race nearly tied.

We need enough Cutler supporters to stick with him, rather than vote for the queer.


21 posted on 11/01/2014 8:35:19 PM PDT by Impy (Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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To: Steelfish

Gay is a phony made up political term. They are homosexuals. I never use the word gay to describe someone that engages in homosexual actions.


22 posted on 11/01/2014 8:55:44 PM PDT by 48th SPS (Not Republican. Not a Democrat. I am an American)
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To: 48th SPS

Point well made.


23 posted on 11/01/2014 8:56:57 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish; Sacajaweau

Pardon my begging?


24 posted on 11/01/2014 9:20:52 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Atomic Vomit; Maine Mariner

The Choice is Clear...vote for the ______.


25 posted on 11/01/2014 9:31:33 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> Democrat Mike Michaud is in a neck-and-neck race with incumbent Paul LePage but he persistently voted against gay rights legislation before coming out...

Plus, he’s never repudiated his white privilege.


26 posted on 11/02/2014 3:37:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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