DISQUS

LATTER-DAY CHINO: "No on 1" Protect Maine Equality + Meet Ron Schwizer and Doug Kimmel

  • Rick DeLano · 4 months ago
    Hi Chino, wondering whether it will be close enough in Maine to warrant personal attention. How are the numbers looking for you now?
  • Chino_Blanco · 4 months ago
    Which numbers? The $100,000 the Catholic Diocese of Portland paid to a signature-collecting firm? If you're talking about that number, I'd say it looks like the Catholics might want to get their priorities straight.
  • Rick DeLano · 4 months ago
    Saw the latest numbers from Iowa today....67% are po'd that the government is jamming redefined "marriage" down their throats without so much as a by-your-leave........

    Iowa's generally a pretty liberal state too....

    You guys seriously oughta rethink this strategy.

    But you won't.

    So that leaves us with no choice but to respond the way Americans have always responded when self-anointed "elites" have decided to tell us what's good for us "whether we like or not".

    See ya in 2012......if you can even get on the ballot by then.
  • Chino_Blanco · 4 months ago
    Don't forget your pitchfork and torch, dear.

    By the way ...

    Catholic Church Gives Millions to Fight Gay Marriage. Why Won't They Give Money for Health Care?

    http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/catholic_...

    "Makes one wonder if the Catholic Church in this country, while still a source of money for very conservative causes, is watching its political influence dry up. Last week Obama gathered numerous faith groups together to talk about universal health care. There were Jewish organizations, Methodist organizations, Baptist organizations, Muslim organizations, and evangelical organizations in the fold. But no Catholic Bishops.

    Instead, the Catholic Church was sending video messages to Lutherans in Minnesota, urging them not to accept gay clergy.

    On paper, the church supports universal health care. On paper, the church supports a public option. On paper, the church says that ending poverty is a fundamental issue of our time.

    But in practice, the Church is spending millions of dollars to take away the civil rights of gay and lesbian people in places like Maine, instead of supporting national health care for all. Our country is having the largest conversation about health care in nearly twenty years, but the Church is more concerned about whether Lutherans will accept gay clergy.

    Misplaced priorities? Well, if the sky is blue...."