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“I don’t see them as gay because they never smile, they have got that withdrawn look,” J Robert Carrier, a Democrat from Westbrook, told the chamber in Augusta in May 1983, as a 28-year-old Mike Michaud looked on.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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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.
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.
Point well made.
Pardon my begging?
The Choice is Clear...vote for the ______.
> 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.
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