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Diocese of Portland Closes Churches for Lack of $50K, Spends $554K to Outlaw Gay Marriage
Item: Citing a Biddeford Parish deficit of $48,000, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced in August 2009 that it would be closing down three churches there. Item: As of October 20, 2009 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland had spent $553,608.27 on its campaign to outlaw same-sex marriage in the state of Maine. »
Say It With Me: Entrenched Green Party Incumbent…
Not too many places in the United States can utter declarations about an entrenched Green Party incumbent, at least with a straight face. Portland, Maine is one of those places. Maine Green Independent Party incumbent Kevin Donoghue has won another term on the Portland city council. »
DC Family Research Council Takes Leading Role in Stand for Marriage Maine
There are two recent indications that the Family Research Council of Washington, DC has taken a leading role in (if not the reins of) the anti-gay-marriage group called Stand for Marriage Maine. Tony Perkins, head of the controversial Christian political organization, sent a video message to sympathetic Maine congregations toward the end of August 2009... »
Offshore Restaurant, Rockport ME: The Grease That Stays With You
On Saturday, September 6, my family and I dropped in at the Offshore Restaurant, a family restaurant nominally located in Rockport, Maine but actually located in between Rockport (to the north) and Rockland (to the south) on Route 1. It’s a little tricky spotting the Offshore Restaurant because its sign, apparently designed in... »