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Catholic Church Bowing Out of Maine Gay Marriage Fight, But Not Backing Down |
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The Roman Catholic church is taking no active roles in fundraising, staffing, advertising, or campaigning against marriage equality in Maine.
Bishop Richard Malone, the sect's top-ranking official in Maine, said on Friday, March 2 that his goal now is only to re-train the wayward 25% of Maine's 187,306 Catholics. He said that the church "doesn't want to impose a law or belief on anyone," especially non-Catholic citizens, who comprise 86% of Maine residents, and 77% of all Americans. Maine voters will decide by ballot in November whether to write same-gender marriage into state law.
Historically, Roman Catholic officials have opposed virtually every regulation, policy, and law proposed to protect LGBT people nationwide. Toward that end, the church spent $1.9 million to repeal Maine's new marriage equality statute in 2009, after the legislature and governor had already enacted it.
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March 6, 2012
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