""Cover Story" piece on the gay rights movement in Maine as it braces f" by Al Diamon
 

Title

"Cover Story" piece on the gay rights movement in Maine as it braces for its nex

Authors

Al Diamon

Source

Casco Bay Weekly

Date

6-10-1999

Pages

10, 11, 13, 1

Abstract

"Cover Story" piece on the gay rights movement in Maine as it braces for its next big challenge: getting gay rights back into Maine's civil rights laws. Even sponsors of the new proposal concede its unlikely to win approval in the Legislature next year without a clause sending it out to referendum. Gov. Angus King has said he won't sign such a measure without a provision calling for a public vote. And the 1998 balloting showed statewide support for banning discrimination is weaker than the gay community assumed, while the opposition is far stronger. David Garrity of Portland, a member of the coordinating committee of the newly formed Maine Coalition for Equal Rights (MCER) and vice president of the Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance, said after initial splits over differences in campaign philosophy, the entire community is pulling together in anticipation of a referendum next year.

Subjects

Civil rights, Homosexuality -- Law and legislation

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