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	<title>ADF Alliance Alert &#187; Group: Maine Family Policy Council</title>
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		<title>Maine: Where’s a man’s choice in abortion?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/maine-where%e2%80%99s-a-man%e2%80%99s-choice-in-abortion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/News_1/Where_s_a_man_s_choice_in_abortion.shtml">The Record, Maine Family Policy Council</a>: Keynote speaker Theo Purington will offer a man’s perspective of abortion when he speaks of his journey from grief over his baby’s abortion to his role as an advocate for fatherhood at the Saturday, Oct. 15th Maine Right to Life Convention in Portland.  The Convention is open to the community. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/maine-where%e2%80%99s-a-man%e2%80%99s-choice-in-abortion/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Freedom of speech/freedom of religion</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/26/maine-freedom-of-speechfreedom-of-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/26/maine-freedom-of-speechfreedom-of-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carroll Conley, Jr. at <a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/News_1/Freedom_of_speech_freedom_of_religion.shtml">Maine Family Policy Council, The Record</a>: When it comes to freedom of speech and freedom of religion, you can't have one without the other.  The attempt to re-define marriage here in Maine (again) tests this union of freedoms. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/26/maine-freedom-of-speechfreedom-of-religion/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar: Media Training for Pastors/Christian Leaders this Wednesday, Aug. 24</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/23/webinar-media-training-for-pastorschristian-leaders-this-wednesday-aug-24/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/23/webinar-media-training-for-pastorschristian-leaders-this-wednesday-aug-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADF in the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF: Bruce Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF: Erik Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF: Media Clips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance Defense Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=mcmd4ccab&#038;v=001QCSeYgsyMVohxZ7qLBeHGqnrWk5xCxKvpvK6YxtCZjW0EWn6qHES3UZfpu6bE_iW_C-Urw6EHxxEcuksakagKYZ1QxRifjLFK3jDXwjp-vPll4K0TA3224VX6DtOp1RW">News from Maine Family Policy Council</a>: Featured on the national webinar will be America's premier Christian thinker and spokesman, Chuck Colson, Bishop Joe Mattera of New York City, Pastor Benny Tate of Atlanta, GA, and Pastor Jim Franklin of Fresno, CA, along with Attorney Erik Stanley from Leawood, KS.
The second webinar - a Media Training Seminar - at 1 PM Eastern - is for all pastors and Christian leaders who would like to learn how to handle interviews with the media. The facilitator will be Bruce Smith who handles media relations for the 2,000+ allied attorneys of the Alliance Defense Fund. She is remarkably skilled. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/23/webinar-media-training-for-pastorschristian-leaders-this-wednesday-aug-24/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Carrol Conley of the Christian Civic League defends marriage on Maine Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/video-carrol-conley-of-the-christian-civic-league-defends-marriage-on-maine-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/video-carrol-conley-of-the-christian-civic-league-defends-marriage-on-maine-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://video.mpbn.net/video/2066367730/">Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks &#124; PBS Video</a> (26:45 mins): Carrol Conley of the Christian Civic League defends marriage on Maine Watch <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/video-carrol-conley-of-the-christian-civic-league-defends-marriage-on-maine-watch/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: New resource looks to end erosion of parents’ rights</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/maine-new-resource-looks-to-end-erosion-of-parents%e2%80%99-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/maine-new-resource-looks-to-end-erosion-of-parents%e2%80%99-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/News_1/New_resource_looks_to_end_erosion_of_parents_rights.shtml">Maine Family Policy Council</a>: Maine parents have known for a long time that their rights are slowly being taken away by the school system and the government.  Parentsrights.org looks to end the erosion of parents’ rights by giving you talking points when contacting Maine’s Congressional reps to urge the passage of the Parents Rights Amendment. The proposed Parental Rights Amendment will preserve the traditional view that parental rights are a fundamental right, and restore the traditional strict scrutiny standard of protection, while preserving the government’s power to prevent and to prosecute child abuse and neglect. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/maine-new-resource-looks-to-end-erosion-of-parents%e2%80%99-rights/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Push for same-sex &#8216;marriage&#8217; continues in Maine</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/push-for-same-sex-marriage-continues-in-maine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/push-for-same-sex-marriage-continues-in-maine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1387706">OneNewsNow.com</a>: Homosexual activists in Maine have announced future ballot plans for a referendum on same-gender "marriage." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/push-for-same-sex-marriage-continues-in-maine/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why would anybody oppose an anti-bullying bill?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/08/why-would-anybody-oppose-an-anti-bullying-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/08/why-would-anybody-oppose-an-anti-bullying-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Bullying]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carroll Conley, Jr. of the Maine Family Policy Council at <a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/Maine%20News/Why_would_anybody_oppose_an_anti-bullying_bill.shtml">The Record</a>: Many people have asked why in the world the House of Representatives sent an anti-bullying bill back to committee on the last day of the legislative session. These inquisitors included several media outlets and Democratic leadership who questioned the courage, compassion, and integrity of anyone who would oppose this proposed anti-bullying bill that Minority Whip Hayes called “a no-brainer.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/08/why-would-anybody-oppose-an-anti-bullying-bill/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wall of Separation between Church and State: A Near Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/wall-of-separation-between-church-and-state-a-near-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/wall-of-separation-between-church-and-state-a-near-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carroll L. Conley, Jr. at <a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/News_1/Wall_of_Separation_between_Church_and_State_A_Near_Myth.shtml">The Record</a>: But let’s be intellectually honest here; do not make the case that it was the intent of our founding fathers. When one examines the disintegration of our culture since that dubious decision, President John Adams’ words ring sadly true “Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people; it is wholly inadequate for any other.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/wall-of-separation-between-church-and-state-a-near-myth/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Family Policy Council: They wonder if we exist: Where are the Christians?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/maine-family-policy-council-they-wonder-if-we-exist-where-are-the-christians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/maine-family-policy-council-they-wonder-if-we-exist-where-are-the-christians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/News_1/They_wonder_if_we_exist.shtml">Maine Family Policy Council</a>: Legislators in Augusta are not sure that Christians care.  Maine Christians claim to support legislation that promotes Biblical values, but they are not walking the hallways of Augusta during these final days of the 125th session. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/maine-family-policy-council-they-wonder-if-we-exist-where-are-the-christians/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Groups speak out ahead of abortion bill hearings</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/groups-speak-out-ahead-of-abortion-bill-hearings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/groups-speak-out-ahead-of-abortion-bill-hearings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/Groups-hold-press-conferences-ahead-of-abortion-bill-hearings.html">Portland Press Herald</a>: "Since abortion must be decided on a federal level we all agree that as long as abortions are legal, they should be safe and rare. These bills go a long way to make that a reality in Maine," said Carroll Conley, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, in a release. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/groups-speak-out-ahead-of-abortion-bill-hearings/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Carroll Conley discusses his new role with Maine Family Policy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/video-carroll-conley-discusses-his-new-role-with-maine-family-policy-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/video-carroll-conley-discusses-his-new-role-with-maine-family-policy-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.citizenlink.com/2010/09/friday-five-carroll-conley-discusses-his-new-role-with-maine-family-policy-council/">CitizenLink</a>: "Carroll Conley recently joined the Maine Family Policy Council as its new executive director. A native of Maine, Conley understands his audience and the issues; yet, he also brings a fresh perspective to the challenges he will face in defending the biblical concepts of family, faith and freedom." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/video-carroll-conley-discusses-his-new-role-with-maine-family-policy-council/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: &#8220;Biology-based&#8221; restrooms called &#8220;discrimination&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/02/maine-biology-based-restrooms-called-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/02/maine-biology-based-restrooms-called-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["A lawyer for the Maine Human Rights Commission told members of the state board today that requiring all students to use 'biology-based' restrooms and locker rooms in the state's schools is illegal and cannot be allowed to continue."  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/02/maine-biology-based-restrooms-called-discrimination/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Anti-LGBT activists attend R.I. summit&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/anti-lgbt-activists-attend-r-i-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/anti-lgbt-activists-attend-r-i-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&#038;sc=&#038;sc2=news&#038;sc3=&#038;id=102867">edge Boston</a>: "Representatives from several anti-LGBT organizations gathered in Rhode Island on Saturday, Feb. 27, for a conference billed as the New England Family, Life and Marriage Summit . . . Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, made similar statements. He used the fact Catholic Charities in Boston and Washington, D.C., lost their government funding after they refused to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. 'The state drove them out of the adoption business,' Nimocks said. 'This is a question of persecution.'" <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/anti-lgbt-activists-attend-r-i-summit/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Anti-gay groups to hold R.I. summit&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/anti-gay-groups-to-hold-r-i-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/anti-gay-groups-to-hold-r-i-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&#038;sc=&#038;sc2=news&#038;sc3=&#038;id=102624">EDGE Boston</a>: "An upcoming gathering of anti-gay organizations in the Ocean State continues to face opposition from local activists. The Family Research Council is sponsoring the New England Family, Life and Marriage Summit on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Ocean State Baptist Church in Smithfield. According to FRC’s announcement, the daylong conference will feature "experts" from the National Organization for Marriage Rhode Island, the Alliance Defense Fund and Family Policy Councils from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/anti-gay-groups-to-hold-r-i-summit/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Private and Public Schools Subject to Transgendered Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/private-and-public-schools-subject-to-transgendered-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/private-and-public-schools-subject-to-transgendered-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guidelines will require schools to allow transgendered students access to facilities of the opposite sex, including bathrooms and locker rooms. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/private-and-public-schools-subject-to-transgendered-guidelines/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine considers banning biology-based restrooms considers</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/16/maine-considers-banning-biology-based-restrooms-considers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/16/maine-considers-banning-biology-based-restrooms-considers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&#038;pageId=125176">WorldNetDaily</a>: "A proposal by the Maine Human Rights Commission to establish a broad right for 'transgender' boys to use girls restrooms in all Maine schools will be the subject of a public hearing scheduled by the commission March 1." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/16/maine-considers-banning-biology-based-restrooms-considers/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;New Face of Gay Activism &#8211; Religious Bigotry&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/new-face-of-gay-activism-religious-bigotry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/new-face-of-gay-activism-religious-bigotry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/Maine_3/New_Face_of_Gay_Rights_Movement_-_Religious_Bigotry.shtml">The Record</a>: "Tolerance and respect is very much a matter of deeds and actions, not pious sounding phrases; and the recent actions of the gay rights movement in Maine speak for themselves.  The aftermath of the vote on same sex marriage unleashed a spectacle heretofore not seen in Maine. Immediately following the loss on election night, Jesse Connolly, the leader of the No on 1 campaign, proclaimed, 'We will not quit until we know where every single one of these votes lives.'" <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/new-face-of-gay-activism-religious-bigotry/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: &#8220;Same-Sex Marriage Secret Augusta Meeting Press Release&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/maine-same-sex-marriage-secret-augusta-meeting-press-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/maine-same-sex-marriage-secret-augusta-meeting-press-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/State_House_4/Secret_Augusta_Meeting.shtml">The Record</a>: "The Christian Civic League of Maine has learned that Maine Senate President Elizabeth H. (Libby) Mitchell (Democrat - Kennebec County) is planning to hold a closed-door, high-level strategy meeting at her legislative office in the Capitol with the leading proponents of homosexual marriage in the state."  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/maine-same-sex-marriage-secret-augusta-meeting-press-release/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ME: Police investigate 2 telephone threats against &#8220;gay marriage&#8221; opponents</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/09/me-police-investigate-2-telephone-threats-against-gay-marriage-opponents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/09/me-police-investigate-2-telephone-threats-against-gay-marriage-opponents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsme/Augusta.police.looking.2.1300610.html">WBZ (AP)</a>: "Police are investigating a pair of threats against gay marriage opponents in Maine." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/09/me-police-investigate-2-telephone-threats-against-gay-marriage-opponents/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Family Policy Council: Heath Moves On</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/maine-family-policy-council-heath-moves-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/maine-family-policy-council-heath-moves-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/News_1/Heath_Moves_On.shtml">The Record</a>: "Mike Heath, the longtime leader of the Christian Civic League of Maine, announced today that he is moving on.  Expressing appreciation for the League, Heath said that it has been a great honor to serve." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/maine-family-policy-council-heath-moves-on/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Family Policy Council seeks allies in battle for marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/24/maine-family-policy-council-seeks-allies-in-battle-for-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/24/maine-family-policy-council-seeks-allies-in-battle-for-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael S. Heath, executive director of the Maine Family Policy Council, <a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/109164.html">writing in the Bangor Daily News</a>: "I have no doubt that the traditional definition of marriage will endure much longer than the granite used to build our own state capitol. But it will be up to the people of Maine to see that the petition drive is successful, and without their participation, this is far from a foregone conclusion. I urge every friend of the institution of marriage and the family to do their utmost to help with the current petition drive." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/24/maine-family-policy-council-seeks-allies-in-battle-for-marriage/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine marriage petition drive off to fast start</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/16/maine-marriage-petition-drive-off-to-fast-start/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/16/maine-marriage-petition-drive-off-to-fast-start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://everydaychristian.com/features/story/2946/">Everyday Christian</a>: Emrich, a pastor, is the founder of The Jeremiah Project, a conservative non-profit. To date, he said between 10,000 and 12,000 signatures have been collected since late May. The goal, he said, is to get about 80,000 signatures before the petitions are handed in to account for potential duplications and errors.  “We are off to a good start,” Emrich said. “The level of interest and level of intensity is remarkable. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. The challenge is to get the level of action into the right number of signatures.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/16/maine-marriage-petition-drive-off-to-fast-start/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives say ballot is key to winning marriage fight</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/09/conservatives-say-ballot-is-key-to-winning-marriage-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/09/conservatives-say-ballot-is-key-to-winning-marriage-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=18234" target="_blank">Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life</a>:
<blockquote>"Stunned by four states legalizing same-sex marriage in just two months, social conservatives are working hard to stop it, often through the avenue where they've had their greatest success: the ballot box.

'The integrity of our most fundamental institutions is in question and needs to be in question,' says Mike Heath, executive director of the Maine Family Policy Council, an evangelical Christian lobbying group.

'I see our institutions as having become openly hostile (to religious views). They're responsive to the elite and moneyed interests that dominate our statehouse. ... The only hope here is the people.'

Reason No. 1 for turning to the ballot box? It works .  . ." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/09/conservatives-say-ballot-is-key-to-winning-marriage-fight/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;States grant more rights to gay couples: Couples&#8217; benefits grow, even where marriage banned&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/states-grant-more-rights-to-gay-couples-couples-benefits-grow-even-where-marriage-banned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/states-grant-more-rights-to-gay-couples-couples-benefits-grow-even-where-marriage-banned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-gay_marriage_latmay06,0,4849042.story">Chicago Tribune</a>: These are serious cases of widespread importance, where we see same-sex couples attempting to use the laws of another state to push their agenda in a state that does not recognize their union," said Jim Campbell, litigation counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization that opposes abortion and same-sex marriage.  "This is a danger that will spread to all states but will not necessarily result in same-sex marriage in all states," Campbell said, noting that opponents would continue to press their elected officials to reject gay-marriage initiatives.

 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/states-grant-more-rights-to-gay-couples-couples-benefits-grow-even-where-marriage-banned/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine House votes to redefine marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/maine-house-votes-to-redefine-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/maine-house-votes-to-redefine-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["After an emotional three-hour debate, the Democratically-controlled House voted 89 to 57 in favor of the bill." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/maine-house-votes-to-redefine-marriage/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;People&#8217;s Veto&#8217; hopes to preserve marriage in Maine</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/peoples-veto-hopes-to-preserve-marriage-in-maine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/peoples-veto-hopes-to-preserve-marriage-in-maine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=515778">One News Now</a>: "Five citizens can take out a petition, and if they gather 60,000 signatures in 90 days, then there is automatically a statewide vote," he adds. "And if the vote goes in favor of the veto, then the law is repealed." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/peoples-veto-hopes-to-preserve-marriage-in-maine/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s veto effort likely in wake of same-sex &#8220;marriage&#8221; debate</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/peoples-veto-effort-likely-in-wake-of-same-sex-marriage-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/peoples-veto-effort-likely-in-wake-of-same-sex-marriage-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Cover <a href="http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/6279275.html">reports in the Kennebec Journal</a>: "Michael Heath of the Maine Family Policy Council announced this week he will work to gather the signatures necessary for a people's veto of the gay-marriage bill. A few things need to happen first, but during Senate debate Thursday, many senators said they felt it was inevitable that the question would end up before voters." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/peoples-veto-effort-likely-in-wake-of-same-sex-marriage-debate/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An argument for &#8216;gay marriage&#8217; based on equality rests on false assumption</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/17/an-argument-for-gay-marriage-based-on-equality-rests-on-false-assumption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/17/an-argument-for-gay-marriage-based-on-equality-rests-on-false-assumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Group: Maine Family Policy Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To build an argument for “gay marriage” on the basis of equality is to assume a definition of marriage that does not exist. This assumption is patently false, and its assertion is tantamount to a bold-faced lie.  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/17/an-argument-for-gay-marriage-based-on-equality-rests-on-false-assumption/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Graffiti: Corrupting the Beauty of God&#8217;s Creation</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/graffiti-corrupting-the-beauty-of-gods-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/graffiti-corrupting-the-beauty-of-gods-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Heath <a href="http://mainefamilypolicycouncil.com/artman/publish/Mike_Heath_6/Graffiti.shtml" target="_blank">writes at the Maine Family Policy Council</a>: "First, graffiti symbolizes lawlessness and disorder.  From the outset, the method in which graffiti is produced is illicit and unlawful.  Its techniques are anarchic and without order, as is its finished result.  Second, graffiti demoralizes the public.  Those who have lived in major American cities know that in urban neighborhoods, graffiti goes hand-in-hand with crime.  It also goes hand-in-hand with rundown neighborhoods and cyclone fences.  Thirdly, and this is the worst threat, graffiti calls into question Maine's reputation as a 'place set a part' a region which is safer and more wholesome than the rest of the nation." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/graffiti-corrupting-the-beauty-of-gods-creation/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Heath: Serving Coffee Topless in Vassalboro, Maine</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/mike-heath-serving-coffee-topless-in-vassalboro-maine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/mike-heath-serving-coffee-topless-in-vassalboro-maine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maine Family Policy Council has posted this commentary by Mike Heath that originally appeared in the Waterville Sentinel regarding a topless coffe shop that opened in Maine and made national news headlines. He writes: The coffee shop in Vassalboro &#8230; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/mike-heath-serving-coffee-topless-in-vassalboro-maine/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Legislative presentation scheduled on &#8220;Genderless Marriage&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/11/maine-legislative-presentation-scheduled-on-genderless-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/11/maine-legislative-presentation-scheduled-on-genderless-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maine Family Policy Council reports: &#8220;Professor Monte Stewart, J.D. will present a provocative discussion on the ramifications of genderless marriage in Maine this week.  Stewart is a distinguised author and attorney.  He is the past US Attorney of Nevada, &#8230; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/11/maine-legislative-presentation-scheduled-on-genderless-marriage/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Marriage Rally Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/maine-marriage-rally-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/maine-marriage-rally-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine&#8217;s Family Policy Council has announced a rally to defeat same-sex &#8220;marriage&#8221; on February 15th.]]></description>
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		<title>ADF: Marriage amendment needed in Maine more than ever</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/15/adf-marriage-amendment-needed-in-maine-more-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/15/adf-marriage-amendment-needed-in-maine-more-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A marriage amendment is needed more than ever in the state of Maine, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, as legislators added to their agenda Tuesday a bill that would redefine marriage as a union between two “people.”  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/15/adf-marriage-amendment-needed-in-maine-more-than-ever/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine pastors oppose Sunday morning casino hours</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/09/maine-pastors-oppose-sunday-morning-casino-hours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/09/maine-pastors-oppose-sunday-morning-casino-hours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Gambling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Maine Family Policy Council has forwarded an email that reports: Out of state casino interests aren&#8217;t satisfied with sucking millions of dollars out of the northern Maine economy. According to their calculations they can get another three million dollars &#8230; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/09/maine-pastors-oppose-sunday-morning-casino-hours/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maine&#8217;s marriage referendum in a battle</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/21/maines-marriage-referendum-in-a-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/21/maines-marriage-referendum-in-a-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 23:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OneNewsNow reports: The Christian Civic League of Maine is facing stiff opposition in its drive to ban homosexual &#8220;marriage.&#8221; The referendum would also ban homosexual indoctrination of youth in schools, and bar homosexual adoption, making it the most far-reaching referendum &#8230; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/21/maines-marriage-referendum-in-a-battle/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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