“One day Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show them that they must keep praying until the answer comes. ‘There was a city judge,’ he said, ‘a very godless man who had great contempt for everyone. A widow of that city came to him frequently to appeal for justice against a man who had harmed her. The judge ignored her for a white, but eventually she got on his nerves.  ‘I fear neither God nor man,’ he said to himself, ‘but this woman bothers me. I’m going to see that she gets justice, for she is wearing me out with her constant coming!” Then the Lord said, ‘If even an evil judge can be worn down like that, don’t you think that God will surely give justice to his people who plead with him day and night? Yes! He will answer them quickly.” (Luke 18:2-8)

QUOTATIONS ON HIGH-LEVEL CONNIVERS

"One of the Seven Wise Men of Greece" was wont to say that laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are caught and the great ones break through.” (Francis Bacon)

“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.” (Samuel Adams)

“I cannot accept, your canon that we are to judge pope and king unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power ... Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”(Lord Acton)

MAINE TURNS DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABSTINENCE PROGRAM

Thanks to the ultra-liberal administration of Governor John Baldacci, Maine has become only the third state in the nation to turn down federal money for a highly-praised abstinence-only sex education program.  Although Maine had previously accepted the federal money for the abstinence programs, new guidelines would prevent the money from being used in a program which teaches both abstinence and encourages students to be sexually active.

The state’s public health director, Dora Ann Mills, said that the money was in fact harmful, because it prevents “comprehensive” sex education from being taught in the schools. Another drawback according to Mills, was that the guidelines for the federal money required teaching that sex is proper only inside marriage, and this Dora Ann Mills concluded would exclude gay and lesbian teenagers. Both the ACLU and Planned Parenthood vehemently oppose abstinence-only education. by Fritz Spencer

COALITION FOR MARRIAGE WEBSITE IMPROVED

The League's political action committee, the Coalition for Marriage, has developed an attractive and helpful website.  New content has been added this week.  Visitors to the site can now make financial donations online.  There is a new "helps" section on the site where citizens can download helpful handouts that explain Question 1.  Visit the site today and let us know what you think.  http://www.coalitionformarriage.net  -- by Mike Heath

HEATH TO FACE O'MEARA ON  STATEWIDE TELEVISION

The statewide news show Maine Watch will broadcast a face off between Ted O'Meara and me on Thursday October 13th.  I've been on the show before discussing sexual disorientation.  I debated O'Meara in front of 400 University of Maine students last Tuesday night.  I'm looking forward to talking with Maine Watch viewers about O'Meara's group.  He calls it "Maine Won't Discriminate."  The more accurate name for the group is "Maine Will Intimidate."  Just ask Donna Flanagan.  She was physically harassed by one of their supporters at a grocery store this spring while she was gathering signatures.  Other kind women were treated similarly at the polls and in public as they peaceably discharged their public duty gathering signatures.  I look forward to talking with Mr. O'Meara about this unseemly behavior, and I look forward to once again watching him defend bisexuality as if it were as pure as the new driven snow.  Maine people are smart.  When given half a chance they see through his sophistry.  We plan on helping them out October 13th.  Let your friends and family know and invite them to tune in. -- by Mike Heath