The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend: "a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."
He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior."
(CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)
Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego).
"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008
Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:
A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist." (Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)
"A nutty lesbian blogger." (MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)
Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush
who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
The secret, closed-door meeting came to light after a memo was released to the Christian Civic League as part of an investigation into the close cooperation between certain legislators and the homosexual rights movement. The title of the memo "Next Step" indicates that the meeting was going to be a strategy session on how to win gay marriage in Maine, despite the recent referendum in which a majority of voters voted to repeal the existing same sex marriage law.
The Senate President's closed-door meeting so soon after the victory on Question 1 has offended many voters. One Maine voter, Al Lowberg, a prospective candidate for the Congressional seat in District 1 asked the Senate President on Wednesday to open the meeting to the public. Lowberg, shown with Mitchell in the photo at right, approached the Senate President and asked politely if she would grant the public a place at the table. Lowberg is a former boat captain from the coast and has the frank and forthright manners of a native New Englander, a true Yankee. The Senate President replied in her warm, genteel manner that she could not grant his request, and then added "I don't go to your private meetings, and you cannot come to mine."
The meeting between the Senate President and the state's largest homosexual rights organization is only the proverbial 'tip of the iceberg.'
The Record has uncovered other evidence of collusion between members of the Legislature and the homosexual rights movement. One document reveals that the Senate President's Office collaborated with Jesse Connolly to reschedule the public hearing for midweek, a time when most conservative Mainers were hard at work and cannot attend public hearings.
These further revelations show there is something deeply wrong in Augusta. The Legislature - which ought to be the People's House - is now a clubhouse for special interests. Worse, in the case of the Senate President, the People's House is merely an opportunity for advancing one's own political ambitions.
Oh wait, wrong Mike... Hein versus Heath, Christian Civic League versus Maine Family Policy Council... it's all terribly confusing, especially when it seems the names and labels are pretty much interchangeable.
Okay, lemme back up.
This morning I crossposted a diary about how "Two Fisted Man of God" Mike Hein had actually gotten an FOIA on Maine Senate President Libby Mitchell and Speaker of the House Hannah Pingree's scheduled meetings, regarding any communication between either of them and HRC, MCLU, EQME, etc.
Anyways. Dubious and suspicious meeting postponement... got it.
Without further ado, here is the email "Mike The Double Fister" kindly sent to the Blend, presumably as a PSA. He's been doing that ALOT lately!
Subject: Mitchell/Pingree/Gay Marriage Lobbyists Meeting Postponed
My understanding is that the "next steps" meeting regarding the homosexual marriage effort in Maine, scheduled for this morning at 10:30am and referenced in the attached email pdf and in this recent media article (www.timesrecord.com/articles/2009/12/08/news/doc4b1e80113a117487093966.txt), between Senate President Libby Mitchell, House Speaker Hannah Pingree, EqualityMaine's Betsy Smith and Kate Knox, and the MCLU's Zach Heiden and Shenna Bellows has been postponed, most likely due to weather concerns.
Senator Mitchell did not provide a date when they plan to meet, also to my understanding, when asked.
Mike Hein, Administrator
Christian Civic League of Maine
Maine's Family Policy Council
www.cclmaine.org
And oh yeah, I noticed that Hein can't figure out if he's the admin for Christian Civic League, Maine Family Policy Council or the new "Maine's Family Policy Council", either...
On May 6, Maine made history when it became the first state in the country to pass a marriage equality bill through its Legislature and have it signed by its Governor. Immediately afterwards, opponents of marriage equality launched a People's Veto referendum campaign to try to overturn the law. Read about the journey that put Maine in a unique position to make history at the polls...
Choosing a communications strategy for our marriage campaign was a balancing act, where we carefully weighed messages that work with Mainers vs messages that work with marriage. Our media strategy will be debated and analyzed as time goes on, but what we do know is that our TV ads were effective in connecting marriage with Maine values of fairness and equality. View the videos and TV ads that got us to the brink of history...
Starting next weekend, EQME will be engaging in a series of open meetings around the state:
Community Conversations
Please click on one of the dates to join us for a series of Community Conversations:
**Note: The Portland Community Conversation was previously scheduled for Tuesday, Dec 15 but is being rescheduled to accommodate for the Downeast Pride Alliance event the same night.
The following release was sent out this morning from GLAD:
Public Education Ad Released Today Highlights Broad Support for Marriage Equality in Maine
A 60-second television spot began running statewide today, highlighting the core values of community and fairness which are the underpinnings of the broad support for marriage equality in Maine. The ad is funded by EqualityMaine Foundation, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation (MCLU).
In the spot, parents and children, gay and straight, talk about Maine's values of fairness, respect, and strong families. "You know, in Maine, no one tells anyone else how to live," says Dan Lawson of Monroe. Alexander Johnston of Cape Elizabeth, who appears along with his wife and two daughters says, "Everyone should be able to marry the person they love."
Other Mainers expressing their support for marriage equality include a waitress, a firefighter, and a lobsterman, as well as same-sex couples, some of whom appear with their children. The ad's script is attached and it can be viewed at www.youtube.com/GLADVideo, as well as at http://www.glad.org/current/vi... and http://www.youtube.com/user/Eq...
EqualityMaine Foundation, GLAD and MCLU have been working on a three-year public education initiative supporting marriage equality and what marriage means for Maine's gay and lesbian couples and their children.
"We've been talking with Mainers for three years about our state's gay and lesbian families," said Betsy Smith, Executive Director of EqualityMaine Foundation. "We're simply taking that conversation and going directly into Maine kitchens and living rooms where families most often have these discussions."
"There's a lot of understanding in Maine that gay and lesbian families need the protections that only marriage provides," said Mary Bonauto, GLAD's Civil Rights Project Director, who lives in Portland. "We see this real sense of fairness all across the state."
"This ad captures the tenor and tone of what we hear over and over again from Mainers about marriage equality," said Shenna Bellows, executive director of MCLU. "More and more people understand that in Maine, we believe that all families should be treated equally and that people should simply be able to marry the person they love."
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Below the fold, the script for this ad- the text is sooo powerful and effective when read...
I absolutely love this ad; it's very strong, uses REAL Mainers and their families (not actors from away), and has a simple clear message and appeal.
7:25am on WCSH6, commercial break from "Today"- First Viewing On Air!
A preview of the ad here, exactly as it is running this morning on my television and thousands of others across the Pine Tree state. Take a look and see what you think:
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The first television advertisements in an anticipated referendum on Maine's gay marriage law begin airing Thursday across the state.
Carisa Cunningham from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders said the advertisements are airing in multiple markets in Maine. Details will be announced Thursday afternoon by the EqualityMaine Foundation, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and the Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation.
Maine's gay marriage law was scheduled to take effect next month, but it's been sidetracked as state election officials verify petitions submitted to force a statewide referendum.
Charlie observed that the ad does not tell viewers to "Vote No On 1". I would add that there is no logo from the campaign attached to the ad.
The reason for this is because EqualityMaine, MCLU, and GLAD produced the ad and it is in no way connected to the official campaign.
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