Solemn Prayer at the Supreme Court: When God is in His Temple

We aren't used to selfies

Paulie and I drove to Washington D.C. last weekend.  We joined Coach Dave on the steps of the Supreme Court to pray.  Ken Morse wrote up a good account of the event.  He writes:

The question being asked these days by the secular community is, are Christians asleep at the wheel? In many demonstrations fueled by societies peeves, whether it is gay rights, abortion activists or a plethora of politically induced campaigns, the involvement from a human perspective borders on a riotous atmosphere numbering in the thousands.

Yet, when it comes to rising up and speaking out on their own beliefs centered by a righteous plumage Christians are far and few between. That doesn’t bode well in a lost and dying world that is only getting darker by the day.

You couldn’t convince the 150 plus Christians that took up refuge at the steps of the Untied States Superior Courthouse in Washington D.C. on Sunday in an effort to shed light on the decadence that is crippling this nation over the argument of same sex marriage.

It's true that a "righteous plumage" set us apart.  The group spent three hours at the Court engaging in forms of prayer and action that the Bible describes many times.  For example, it is not uncommon for Christians to assume postures that speak of humility.  Lying prostrate is one example.

Resurrecting an Old Idea -- The Marriage Project: Knowledge for Unity, Love and Truth

I'm not going to do this.

I threatened to do it just over ten years ago, in 2004.

I wonder if it's time.

Maybe it's past time.

After reading the book "Homosexuality:  Good and Right in the Eyes of God?" by Earle Fox I decided voters in Maine needed to know the marriage status of their rulers.  I sent out an email back then declaring my intent.  I wanted to create a website on which I would publish the marriage status, especially the sexual orientation, of people in the State House.

The charred embers from that firestorm are visible today.  Maine went on to enact the "gay" agenda through public voting.  It wasn't the judges or the politicians that did it in Maine.  It was a majority of the citizenry that voted in 2005 and 2012.  And the political lessons that "gay" activists learned in Maine are being used globally.

Evangelicals (aligned with the Christian Civic League of Maine) in the pine tree state decided in the early 1990s to force "gay" issues to the ballot box.  We reasoned that institutions and the state house were already lost.  We determined that our only hope lay in appealing to the people.

Read it While You Can: This Website is Not Long for This World Apparently

Lingering in the back of my mind is the power of the invisible hand on the switch, so to speak, that can shut off access to this website in an instant.  As the world moves increasingly to communications via electronic means it becomes easier for interests that control platforms like this one to simply turn off speech and ideas with which they disagree.  Google owns this platform -- blogger.  They are a private business.  They have the right to just switch me off.

Writers like me assuage our fears that such draconian measures would emerge by imagining that we live in a free country.  We tell ourselves that this means everybody has the right to speak freely.  For now it feels like this is still true.  But things are changing in the western world.

As the US Supreme Court prepares to issue it's declaration on faux marriage later this month the view from the north is not encouraging.  Canada is further down the road than US.

We would be wise to heed the recently published warning by Dawn Stefanowisz entitled A Warning from Canada:  Same-Sex Marriage Erodes Fundamental Rights.

I want to warn America to expect severe erosion of First Amendment freedoms if the US Supreme Court mandates same-sex marriage. The consequences have played out in Canada for ten years now, and they are truly Orwellian in nature and scope.

Here is the truly chilling section of Dawn's article:

In Canada, it is considered discriminatory to say that marriage is between a man and a woman or that every child should know and be raised by his or her biological married parents. It is not just politically incorrect in Canada to say so; you can be saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, fined, and forced to take sensitivity training.

Anyone who is offended by something you have said or written can make a complaint to the Human Rights Commissions and Tribunals. In Canada, these organizations police speech, penalizing citizens for any expression deemed in opposition to particular sexual behaviors or protected groups identified under “sexual orientation.” It takes only one complaint against a person to be brought before the tribunal, costing the defendant tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. The commissions have the power to enter private residences and remove all items pertinent to their investigations, checking for hate speech. 

The plaintiff making the complaint has his legal fees completely paid for by the government. Not so the defendant. Even if the defendant is found innocent, he cannot recover his legal costs. If he is found guilty, he must pay fines to the person(s) who brought forth the complaint. 

If your beliefs, values, and political opinions are different from the state’s, you risk losing your professional license, job, or business, and even your children.  (Bolding mine)

And since you may not know anything about Dawn here is the opening to her article establishing her bona fides:

I am one of six adult children of gay parents who recently filed amicus briefs with the US Supreme Court, asking the Court to respect the authority of citizens to keep the original definition of marriage: a union between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, so that children may know and may be raised by their biological parents. I also live in Canada, where same-sex marriage was federally mandated in 2005.

I am the daughter of a gay father who died of AIDS. I described my experiences in my book: Out From Under: The Impact of Homosexual Parenting. Over fifty adult children who were raised by LGBT parents have communicated with me and share my concerns about same-sex marriage and parenting. Many of us struggle with our own sexuality and sense of gender because of the influences in our household environments growing up.

Even if the Supreme Court of the United States doesn't destroy civil marriage later this month we all know it is only a matter of time.  Politics and law FOLLOW culture, they don't lead it.  And all the hints from American culture point toward a quickening -- not slowing -- descent into madness.

And make no mistake, even the best people don't get it.  Most people I know have resigned themselves to the reality of this vicious tyranny that is literally destroying their own families.  They have decided not to go against city hall, even though they admit to me privately that city hall is very wrong on this one.

Maine evangelicals and lay Catholics (very few of them) took a stand against this demon until just recently.  Now it feels to me that the possession of Maine is pretty much established.

The Christian Civic League has been tamed by political forces under the dome.  They were the last institution to slip into the bridle.  The grassroots that carried the torch during the years I led the fight switched loyalties.  They decided to follow a leadership that has more confidence in Paul LePage Republicanism than I would ever have allowed myself.

I rest my hope and confidence in God and I look for leadership that is willing to call a spade a spade.  The words of Jesus convicted me this week.  I read them out loud as part of the spiritual preparation I have submitted myself to as I anticipate joining with other Christians on June 14th on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C.  Here are the words of Jesus from Eugene Peterson's Message paraphrase of the Bible.  This is from Chapter 7 of the gospel of Matthew:

Don't look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention.

Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.

Knowing the correct password—saying 'Master, Master,' for instance—isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills. I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.' And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.' 

Following Jesus is not at all like building a big following for a website, church, organization or business.  Living the gospel can often be about standing alone.  Suffering.  Poverty.

Those are the qualities of saints and prophets.

Ron Stauble admiring the Chariot of Fire.

People like my good friend and hero Ron Stauble, a retired bus driver.  

My tent making work is driving a van for a local non-profit called KVCAP.  I transport people to programs and doctor's appointments in what I call the "Chariot of Fire."  Pictured above, it is the only van in the Augusta fleet that is red.  The rest of the fleet is white.

Yesterday I saw Ron after I dropped a client off at his doctor's office.   I had a few minutes on my way to the next ride.  Ron was dutifully and joyously performing his Thursday morning ritual of displaying victim images of aborted babies (one is pictured in the center of the snapshot) in front of the capitol city's murder center. 

Ironically, Ron was unjustly fired many years ago by a virulent pro-abortion and anti-Christian leader of KVCAP after five years of spotless driving.  The agency even tried to deny him unemployment.  He challenged them in court.  The agency admitted to the judge that the source of the complaint against him was the democratic party.  The disgusted judge ruled in Ron's favor and granted him unemployment.

I assure you I mean no disloyalty to my employer in publishing this article.  I am thankful for the job.  And like any job one obtains in a radically compromised society I see both good and bad in the principles, practices and policies that govern the operation.  I am thankful that the leadership does not today appear to be so aggressive against Christian pro lifers.

The source of a Christian's joy isn't the approval of KVCAP, the Canadian Government or Google.  A Christian will be full of joy in prison, or under the most extreme forms of deprivation, because they have placed their confidence in God alone.

The writer of Hebrews in the New Testament discusses this by naming heroes of the faith and concludes:

I could go on and on, but I've run out of time. There are so many more—Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets ...Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless— the world didn't deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.  Not one of these people, even though their lives of faith were exemplary, got their hands on what was promised. God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours. -- Hebrews 11 from The Message

Tim Cook: Yawn

Three days ago Tim Cook decided to tell the planet that he is a sodomite.

Tim Cook took Steve Jobs place at the head of Apple, in case you didn't know.  Jobs died a couple years ago.

Cook made his "momentous" revelation in a weird essay published in Business Week.

He wrote.

While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

God has given me.  Really?  God.

He doesn't say in the essay whether it was the same God you and I know.  He chooses to completely ignore theology, the Bible and religion in his essay -- other than to claim that God gives the gift of "gayness."

Unlike Cook, Paul the Apostle wasn't the guru of his culture's sexiest computer maker.  But he wasn't a nobody either.  And he knew something about God.

In a little letter he penned that may actually be more well known and loved than the iPhone Paul reveals in specific language some disqualifications for membership in the Kingdom of God, among them ... men who have sex with men.  Cook's despicable hunger for sodomy is many things.  We can all rest assured that none of those things can be construed as a "gift from God."

Also instructive is the context into which Paul places his unequivocal condemnation of sodomy.

Wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God. Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Sex is a pretty important topic in Christianity and the Bible.  Three of these nine sins have to do with human sexuality.  While this prioritization makes sense Cook's flimsy reasoning doesn't.

The writer of another New Testament letter, Jude, wrote:

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

 Contrast this with Cook:

Being gay has given me a deeper understanding of what it means to be in the minority and provided a window into the challenges that people in other minority groups deal with every day. It’s made me more empathetic, which has led to a richer life. It’s been tough and uncomfortable at times, but it has given me the confidence to be myself, to follow my own path, and to rise above adversity and bigotry.

While it is true that "gays" number less than three percent, it has been awhile since widespread acceptance of their "lifestyle" has been a minority issue -- at least in New England.  A majority of Maine voters legalized the forced acceptance of sodomy and transgendering on the entire population in 2005.  Voters followed that absurdity with the forced implementation of sodomy based marriage in 2012.

The dictionary definition of empathetic is to show a ready comprehension of another's state.  I won't argue that Cook isn't fully capable of showing a ready comprehension of a worldly person's state.  He doesn't, however, have a clue about a Christian's state.

The idea that children are to be indoctrinated into a sodomy-accepting state by publicly funded organizations is pure evil to the Christian.  It is a very serious matter.  Cook is willfully oblivious so that he can play this petty sexual orientation game of his.

The problem for all of us is that Tim Cook isn't hurting only himself.  Apple is a much loved brand all over the world.  It creates beautiful expensive devices that many people choose to covet.  Apple is more than a company.  Apple inspires.

It doesn't, however, inspire like Jesus.  He says:

Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

And Paul observed:

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

A once bitten Apple is not the source of real comfort.  Suffering with Christ is the source of our comfort.  A once bitten Apple, Cook's logo, hearkens back to a dark day in the Garden when a fallen angel seduced the woman.  Adam entered into the sad seduction and the rest ... as they say ... is history.

Tim Cook is a "progressive."  Truly he has taken a bite from the Apple, and he believes with his whole heart that he is helping humanity progress.  The opposite is, of course, true.

Satan is the father of lies.  He is a deceiver.  His attack is aimed at the heart of humanity.  I can't think of a more effective way to destroy humanity than to cause the exaltation of sexual pleasure -- especially the act of sodomy.

The exact opposite of the once bitten Apple is what Jesus gives.

The glorious Gospel of Life.

Resignation: Count Me Among the Ferocious

On Monday I resigned from the Christian Civic League of Maine. Yesterday I ignored the advice of some media consultants and returned quite a few of the calls I received from the press. I didn't have time to return all the calls. In today's news cycle, which lasts about as long as it takes to walk to the coffee pot, if you don't return the call or email in the same day you've missed your opportunity.

The most repeated question of the day was, "Why now?" Maine is six weeks away from voting on gay rights once again. The press found the timing curious.

I'm not happy with the way the gay rights debate is going. That should be no mystery to anyone who follows me. The frustrations associated with those developments contributed significantly to my reasons for resigning.

Mostly, however, it is the sense Paulie and I have that it is time for us to move on from the League. I have served the ministry most of my adult life. It has been an honor to do it. The League needs a new face. I know that the ministry will choose well. The League is one of Maine's treasures. It will thrive.

It will thrive because it is not, ultimately, possible to cut the umbilical cord that runs between Christianity and the west. Christianity is the mother of the west. Christianity is durable enough to survive the pain of our current ideological struggles while providing life-giving sustenance. The faddish rebellions of our day are nothing more than baby kicks up against the womb's wall.

I will continue to support, in every way I can, the League's ministry going forward. The League's mission is about so much more than gay rights and a political party. Politics has always threatened to reduce the League to only those realities during my tenure. I don't expect that pressure to dissipate anytime soon.

Maine won't survive in the long term without Christianity. There is no such thing as multiculturalism. All that is good and beautiful about the west is directly related to the influence of one man's good news -- Jesus Christ. His gospel has done more to influence our culture than anything else. Thank God for that. His influence remains strong.

Strong or weak He wins in the end. As John wrote of Him, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning." And He will be there in the end. Jesus Christ doesn't speak from the grave. He is alive.

One thing dramatically lacking in our time is anything unmoveable. The Bible is unmoveable because it is the story of Jesus Christ. At the end of the day my faith in Him is the only thing that matters to me.

Applying that to so-called gay rights means understanding that it (gay rights) is simply God's judgment. It is insanity. Ponder Romans 1. My last words to the League at the board meeting on Monday were those of Paul from the last half of Romans. I read them, and offered no comment. They speak for themselves.

I support the leaders of Stand for Marriage. I want them to succeed.

I have never led a campaign on this issue where I have not openly admitted at this point in the campaign that the matter is in God's hands, and that the outcome is likely grim for the good guys. I feel no different this time.

Faithfulness, tradition and conviction have always marked the truly heroic leaders I've had the privilege of working with on this issue down through the years. Style, deceit and ferocity define the other side. Our side is too gentle -- but gentleness is a good thing ... until power threatens to vanquish love and truth. Then it's best to be ferocious because that is all that's left or innocence dies. The image of a thug threatening my wife comes to mind. I'm not going to be gentle, and what is "civil" becomes painfully obvious.

Count me among the ferocious.

An update on communications and the People's Veto

Thanks so much for all the supportive emails and phone calls. I still haven't had a chance to process them all. I haven't even started going through the tidal wave of emails I received offering to either sign or distribute petitions last week. I appreciate your patience. In the meantime here's a statement we put out this morning:

We are supporting the People's Veto petition drive. Robert Emrich and Marc Mutty filed an application with the Secretary of State to obtain petitions on May 7, 2009. We are willing to make petitions available to our folks if asked to do so. At this time we haven't been asked to distribute petitions by those who are responsible for them. The Secretary of State has ten business days from the date of filing to present a petition to the applicants.

Some are suggesting that we are running a "parallel effort." This is not the case. We are not running a parallel petition drive. There is one petition drive headed by co-chairmen Robert Emrich and Marc Mutty. They issued a press release on May 7, 2009 announcing their intention to take responsibility for the petition following their submission of application to the Secretary of State. It is unwise for more than one group to be leading this signature gathering effort. A parallel effort will unleash confusion.

I have also heard that there are "philosophical differences" between the MFPC and other folks who wish to defend traditional marriage. We support the People's Veto. There are no differences of any kind on that point, philosophical or otherwise. Having become intimately acquainted over the years with the sacrifices required of those who choose to take a common sense stand on this matter, we commend all groups and individuals who are defending traditional marriage.

Financial contributions to make it possible for the Maine Family Policy Council to support the People's Veto must be designated to the Marriage Matters in Maine Political Action Committee. They can be mailed to 70 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine 04330. Make checks out to "Marriage Matters in Maine."

What is same sex anyway

I noticed in the press this week that the Secretary of State announced the ballot question for the People's Veto. Here it is;

"Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?"

Getting this question passed is going to be a tough sell. Yankees will just want to leave well enough alone. Proponents are going to have to give them a powerful reason to reject this law. Here's a few quick thoughts on the question:

1. This "new law" must be rejected because it doesn't qualify as a law! Laws have to be fair and just. This one clearly is not just. It presupposes that something which is fundamentally wrong and immoral (homosexuality) can qualify someone for the high status of marriage. That is obviously crazy.
2. The phrase "same sex" is meaningless. This should read "homosexual," not "same sex." This euphemism simply confuses people.
3. The last clause is cleverly worded. The Secretary of State, Matt Dunlap, has always supported homosexual rights. The clause is subtle. It causes the reader to conclude that religious individuals and groups are intolerant. Nothing could be further from the truth. With the passage of this law the state decided not to tolerate common sense and truth. Everyone knows that marriage is between one man and one woman. You don't have to be religious to know that, but I for one think it is wonderful that Christianity upholds this important institution. It is beyond tragic that the state no longer does. It is horrific and insane.

Help us defeat this law. Send a contribution today to Marriage Matters in Maine, 70 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine 04330. Obtain information about petitions at http://www.mainemarriageinitiative.com/

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Governor and Same Sex Marriage

Governor John Baldacci will either sign Senator Damon's same sex marriage proposal or let it go into law without his signature.

Read this post.

The Senate was where the fight was, if there ever was one. They crushed pro family forces with Maine Republicans offering only their usual tepid resistance. I always doubted that there would be a real fight in the State House on either abortion or homosexuality this year.

The party of sexual sin, the Democrats, continue to gain power in Maine. Until the Republicans figure out how to appeal to their traditional statewide base, or there is a revolution, we are likely to see the slide into sexual deviance continue.

There is hope, however, in using the Peoples Veto. The people haven't fallen quite as far as their political, cultural and academic institutions just yet. Although we may be surprised during this campaign to learn how far even the people have slipped from common sense and decency. We can hope.

The real answer to all of this, of course, is the Bible's teachings on morality. Every Mainer needs to dust that old book off and turn to 1 Timothy. That's a good place to start reading to get some practical advice for living. A quick ponder of Romans 1 will heal any waywardness on sexual sin. And if that leaves any questions, how about the Ten Commandments. It might be a little difficult to honor your father if you don't have one because your lesbian mommies, and some irresponsible male somewhere, decided to raise you without a dad.

The Homosexual Rights Battle in Maine: Looking Back so we can Move Forward

The Roman Catholic Church's political action committee put out a short statement last week, the day after I announced I would lead the People's Veto of Senator Damon's genderless marriage bill. Here is what they wrote:

The People's Veto is currently under serious consideration. Be assured that we will keep you updated on a regular basis. Just as the hundreds of thousands of Mainers who support traditional marriage range across all faiths and political philosophies, so, too, will the coalition to defeat this law at the polls. Your efforts will most likely be needed again in the near future, and we'll be in touch shortly to tell you more. --Most Sincerely, Maine Marriage Initiative

This is good news.

What galls me about the current situation is that everything has developed pretty much as we predicted it would twenty years ago. We have sacrificed much, standing virtually alone up to now, to tell everyone who will listen why we object to laws that affirm sex outside of marriage. And, when we've been up front and honest with the people of Maine we've won. When we've tried to be too clever we've lost. More on that in a bit.

We will win this People's Veto because we don't play the games associated with politics in Maine. We don't care about political parties, or the careers of politicians. The people will reject Senator Damon's genderless marriage proposal because they will hear the unvarnished loving truth about this law, finally.

The Legislative fight on marriage is lost. The Governor signed the bill. The Maine Family Policy Council will be gathering signatures for the People's Veto. We will be working with all citizens who wish to repeal this horrible law. While we are not interested in hurling epithets we understand that this issue produces strong emotions in people on both sides. Those emotions must be given political expression. In Maine we call that the freedom of speech. The Maine Family Policy Council enthusiastically endorses free speech on both sides in the coming debate. Our tolerance goes both ways, unlike the folks who use that word to silence Christianity, common sense, freedom of conscience and decency.

A word about my good friend, Paul Madore, the leader of the Maine Grassroots Coalition. Paul is a Roman Catholic father of nine who isn't perfect, nor is he drop-dead gorgeous like Miss California. He is, however, drop-dead gutsy like his namesake, Paul the Apostle.

And, he is more loyal to his Roman Catholic faith than anybody I've ever met in my entire life. He loves his church, and doesn't shrink from speaking his mind. Make no mistake about it, this is a fight. This is not a discussion, debate or fellowship meeting. This is a win or lose contest.

As one of the greatest men of my father's generation, James Dobson, once said, "To the victor goes the next generation."

I am fighting for my grandchildren yet to be born, and hoping and praying that this corrupt, feminized culture that is poisoning the thinking and values of us all doesn't win over any of my three sons. I will never stop. The folks who want to make sodomy into a virtue and chastity into a vice will have to jail or kill me to stop me from objecting to their ideology.

Make no mistake, it is going to take that kind of dedication to reverse this slide.

Some have walked away from the fight for virtue in the area where it matters most in my generation -- the sanctity of the family. I'm sorry, but I will NEVER walk away from that contest. NEVER. I will stay faithful, loving and strong even if some leaders in the church decide not to be in order to emphasize the more politically correct task of helping poor folks in Africa (something I am doing later this year, by the way).

To compromise or soften my stand would be to abandon everything I hold dear in the Bible, and in my personal experience. Conscience will not permit it.

This has always been about what it is about! IT IS VERY SIMPLE. Sex outside of marriage is always wrong. Equal rights are guaranteed by the VIRTUE of each individual citizen, not by the government. It is unAmerican to believe anything else. Handshakes are what bind people. Marriage belongs to God and all of us, not to the government. The people will either save it or lose it.

We have believed that since 1990, and we have acted on that belief in front of a watching world. We will never stop.

As to the matter of being too clever, allow me to speak briefly to the campaigns of the past ten years. In 1998 we campaigned for Equal Rights and Against Special Rights. We did the same thing in 2001. We won both contests because we proclaimed a truth that the other side wants everyone to ignore. In 2005 I made a bone-headed political mistake. I decided we should talk about what they want us to be talking about -- marriage. I should not have recommended that. In politics you NEVER talk about what your opponent wants you to talk about.

The law under debate was the same one we had defeated twice previously, made slightly worse by the addition of transgendering (whatever that is). We should have stayed with our positive pro-equal rights, no special rights line of argument. I thought that if we brought marriage to the fore we would gain a few more votes. Alas, this gave the other side the opportunity to say we were misleading the public. There was a grain of truth to their argument. Apparently God didn't honor our cleverness.

The government's cause will lose this fight because now it IS about marriage. We will get over sixty percent of the vote, maybe as much as 70 percent after all the votes are counted.

Maine will be the high water mark of the homosexual rights movement in America. I will spill every remaining drop of political blood that I have to assure it. If this Peoples Veto doesn't stop their immature ranting about all things sexual then we will proceed to amend Maine's constitution, something I am loathe to do.

And rest assured, if the civil rights team and anti-free speech movement of so-called "hate crimes" advocates continues in its aggressive posture against the plain teachings of the Bible on sexuality we will shut them down as well. As public sentiment turns against the "sexual orientation" laws in coming years we will repeal them and return common sense to Maine's laws and culture.

Weak families mean a declining Maine. We won't allow that.

Now, send your VERY GENEROUS checks -- and we need lots of them -- to 70 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine 04330. Make them out to "Marriage Matters in Maine."

Google disappoints

Google waded into politics yesterday. They issued a statement endorsing homosexual "marriage." One of my friends is promising not to use Google anymore. I'm not going to do that. I'm going to keep blogging using blogger.

Most companies now favor and protect sexual sin. Making something private (sex) into something that we contracept and sell has gotten us to this point. Not using Google is too little too late.

I just pray they will honor what they said in their press release endorsing same sex marriage. They wrote, "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument ..." Google is a private company. As such they have the right to wipe out the content of people like me who have "strongly held beliefs." I hope they really mean it when they say that opposing discrimination is their only absolute belief.

Here is the absolute truth. Same sex marriage is nothing more than immorality in a wedding gown. It is sodomy dressed up in a tux.

I wonder if my blog will be here tomorrow?