A Pledge Against Discrimination in Maine
I pledge NOT TO SIGN the petition by the Christian Civic League and others to repeal the amendment to the Maine Human Rights Act that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in the areas of jobs, housing, accommodations and credit.
I DO NOT SUPPORT another statewide anti-gay referendum and I STRONGLY OPPOSE these efforts to legalize again this form of discrimination in Maine.

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ABOUT THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW
Earlier this year the Maine Senate and House of Representatives passed and Governor Angus King signed an amendment to the Maine Human Rights Law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in jobs, housing, accommodations and credit. Every state in New England has already enacted these protections: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine.

The law does not grant any “Special gay rights;” it only makes discrimination illegal. Maine’s Human Rights Act has for over thirty years extended these same protections to people who have suffered discrimination because of their race, religion, nationality, age, sex, disability or family status.

Citizens of Maine need to know that this law does not grant any “special rights.” No matter what its opponents claim, it won’t guarantee anyone a job, an apartment or a loan. Southern segregationists were the first to use the “special rights” claim against African-Americans in the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. It was no more true then than it is now. Maine people are not in favor of this or any kind of discrimination; all they need is the truth.

HOW TO USE THIS FORM
Talk about these issues with anyone who seems not to understand them. Explain that there aren’t any “special rights,” only a ban on discrimination. Remind everyone how ugly, divisive, expensive and unnecessary another anti-gay campaign would be – as well as damaging to our state’s good image.  As Governor Angus King said, “We have enemies in Maine; they are poverty, ignorance, and disease. They are not gay people.”

Please use this form to gather pledges from your friends, neighbors, co-workers and family. Make as many copies of this form as you want and distribute them to your friends, just be sure to copy both sides in full. Start your own drive to collect pledges and let your local radio station and newspaper know. When you have completed this form, fold in thirds with the return address showing, and drop it in the mail. Make sure you let us know on the other side who gathered these pledges. And thank you very much for volunteering on this worthy clause.

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	Maine Pledge Against Discrimination
	126 Western Avenue, Box 347
	Augusta, Maine 04330