In These Times

Living in Maine my whole life, I had to deal with the embarasment and anger I felt when gay rights were defeated at the polls repeatedly due to what basicly ammounted to lies. People like Mike Heath trotted out the old racist mantra of "special rights" to gain his wins in years past, claiming that gays would be given preferance over equally qualified straight people in job oppertunities. Progressives still display the old bumper stickers from those battles that say "Equal rights are not special rights." Part of the victory was due to a huge strategic failure by the CCL. Abandoning …

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