News & Commentary
Apr 11, 2014
This Week In Civil Liberties: Women’s Rights, National Security, and LGBT Rights
Each Friday, we’ll bring you updates on the latest civil liberties news from Maine and the nation.
Apr 04, 2014
Meet Marvin Ellison
Our partner profiles highlight the broad range of individuals and organizations we work with to advance and protect the rights of all people in Maine.
Mar 21, 2014
This Week In Civil Liberties: Mass Incarceration, LGBT Rights, and Reproductive Freedom
Each Friday, we’ll bring you updates on the latest civil liberties news from Maine and the nation.
Mar 17, 2014
Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement
This morning I met with members of a working group that’s organizing a yearlong series of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are over a dozen organizations contributing to this group and the ACLU is proud to be one of them.
Mar 14, 2014
This Week In Civil Liberties: LGBT Rights, Freedom of Speech, and Privacy Rights
Each Friday, we’ll bring you updates on the latest civil liberties news from Maine and the nation.
Feb 24, 2014
This Week in Civil Liberties: LGBT Rights, Prison Conditions, & Privacy
Each Friday, we’ll bring you updates on the latest civil liberties news from Maine and the nation.
Feb 21, 2014
Victory! Religious Exemption Bill Voted Down
Earlier this week, both the Maine State Senate and House voted down LD 1428, a bill that would have authorized discrimination in the name of religion. The so-called "religious freedom" bill actually had little to do with religious freedom, which the ACLU of Maine has a long (and successful) history of defending, but would have created a gaping exemption to the Maine Human Rights Act. We testified against the bill last month, along side our partners in the Religious Coalition Against Discrimination, the LGBT Coalition, the Coalition for Maine Women, the Choice Coalition, and many more. You can read our testimony here.
Jan 31, 2014
This Week in Civil Liberties: Remembering Peter Seeger, Rejecting the death penalty, Stop and Frisk, and Transgender Student Rights
Each Friday, we’ll bring you updates on the latest civil liberties news from Maine and the nation.
Jan 30, 2014
VICTORY! Transgender Students Have Right to Use Correct Bathroom
In a victory for the privacy and dignity of transgender students, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that a school district violated the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA) when it required a transgender girl to use a separate bathroom rather than the bathroom used by all other female students. The ACLU of Maine and the national ACLU LGBT Project filed an amicus brief in the case, arguing for the importance of protecting minorities from discrimination, especially in situations where there is public controversy.Said our legal director, Zach Heiden,
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