Maine Activist Condemns Elitist Lawmakers Pushing Homosexual Agenda

by Rusty Pugh and Jenni Parker
July 15, 2005

(AgapePress) - For the third time in recent years, voters in Maine will go to the voting booth to stop the homosexual agenda being forced on them by activists and their own legislature.

Michael Heath is executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine. He says homosexual activists began targeting New England in the 1970s, and one of the long-term results is full-blown legalized same-sex "marriage" in Massachusetts -- a reality forced on the people by four activist judges. But Heath says in the early 1990s his group decided to go on the offensive against homosexual activism. And as a result of their and other groups' pro-family efforts, in 1998 and again in 2000 the voters of Maine said no to same-sex marriage.

However, activists and elitist politicians are at it again, the pro-family spokesman says, "and now our current governor is ignoring those two previous decisions made by all the people of Maine voting in those two elections, and passed the exact same bill that was twice rejected in the legislature without a referendum provision."

What that means, Heath contends, is that the 186 "elitist politicians in the State House have decided that the people are wrong and they are right. So now there's going to be a third vote in six years. It'll happen in November, and it's on the exact same question."

But this time, the CCLM executive director points out, the homosexual marriage issue is couched in a much broader, more dangerous bill. "Actually it's on a form of gay rights that's more extreme than we've ever seen," he says, "but it's very similar to what the people of Maine have twice rejected."

Heath says homosexual activists and allies in the legislature just do not seem to get it -- that ordinary citizens in Maine will not accept having the radical homosexual agenda forced down their throats. Therefore, he asserts, this fall the people of Maine will get a chance to make their will clear yet again by voting against the sweeping homosexual rights bill being pushed on them by elitist state legislators.

Pro-Homosexuals Plan Offensive; Wisconsin Church Fights Back
Meanwhile, the homosexual agenda continues its offensives in other U.S. states. Last week the pro-homosexual Human Rights Campaign announced its $50,000 contribution to Action Wisconsin to fund its fight against an amendment to the state constitution barring the recognition of homosexual marriages and civil unions. In the wake of this cash infusion, Action Wisconsin's leaders have boasted of their plans to "hire a campaign manager, build a data system to manage voter information, and put together a robust field plan."

But one Wisconsin church is developing a strategy of its own. Pilgrims Covenant Church in Monroe does weekly literature drops at homes around the state, leaving brochures dealing with homosexuality, and also making the material available to others who are willing to distribute them door-to-door. The church's intent, according to Pastor Ralph Ovadal, is to inform the public and raise awareness about the proposed same-sex marriage ban.

"If the proposed amendment to the Wisconsin constitution is to be approved by the people of Wisconsin," Ovadal says, "the people must be reached with the truth about the amendment. Thirty-five thousand Wisconsin families have already had that information delivered to their doorsteps, and this fall we even intend to intensify our efforts."

The minister-activist, who served for 11 years as director of the pro-family group Wisconsin Christians United, notes that Pilgrim Covenant Church is now including a special insert on the amendment in its literature-drop materials. "We firmly believe that our brochures on homosexuality and our flyer on the marriage amendment are a combination that will convince many citizens to vote in favor of the amendment," he says.

The ministry of Wisconsin Christians United was recently absorbed into the work of Pilgrims Covenant Church. Ovadal says the congregation's "quiet door-to-door, heart-by-heart campaign" will continue until the statewide referendum on the marriage amendment is held in 2006.