Marriage In The News
Ryan, January 27, 2012 - 4:40pmYesterday’s announcement from us and our coalition partners to put marriage on the ballot has garnered local and national press coverage.
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Making History Today
shenna, January 26, 2012 - 3:46pmToday, the ACLU of Maine joined our partners, EqualityMaine, EngageMaine, GLAD, and Maine Women's Lobby in launching a campaign to legalize civil marriage for same sex couples in 2012. If successful, we would be making history by being the first state to pass marriage equality via referendum. Below are the comments I made to the more than 100 supporters packed into the Welcome Center of the State House today:
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Action, Not Study, Required
shenna, January 25, 2012 - 8:02pmI spent today in Augusta lobbying against LD 199, a bill that would make it harder for Maine citizens to vote by requiring a photo ID. The good news is that lawmakers seem poised to abandon a voter ID. Unfortunately, the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs did not vote today to kill LD 199. Instead, they tabled the measure to allow time to discuss a possible "study." That's because the Secretary of State reported new allegations of possible vo | continue reading
Issues With Airport Scanners Go Beyond Privacy
edward, January 24, 2012 - 5:26pmYesterday, the Transportation Security Agency held its official unveiling of three new full-body scanners at the Portland International Jetport. These are, of course, the same scanners that notoriously produced "nude" images of passengers and the corresponding heavy handed TSA policy of patting down anyone who refused to go through the machine.
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