A column by Mike Heath recently published in the Bangor Daily News has brought welcome expressions of support for the work of Mike Heath and the Maine Family Policy Council.  Conservatives and Christian praised the column in strong terms, and opposition by gay rights activists was more temperate than usual, a sign that pro-family forces are gaining the upper hand in the debate over marriage.

Some readers noticed that the positive content of the column received a negative-sounding title by the time it reached the Bangor Daily News. The piece, which upholds the traditional definition of marriage, and was originally called "Marriage Endures," was renamed by the paper "Move to Reject Gay Marriage Seeks Allies."

One reader was surprised to see the column in the paper at all, and wrote:

"What is this opinion piece doing here? The BDN is supposed to be pro-Gay!"

Penn National Gaming, owner of Holiday Slots in Bangor will appear before the Maine State Harness Racing Commission to request an increase in the number of days of racing at Bangor Raceway from twelve to fifteen days for the month of June, and from eight to eleven days for  the month of October. The hearing will take place at 1:30 p.m. on June 24th at the Gambling Control Board, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta.

Something  unusual has happened at the Lewiston Sun Journal. A paper with a heavy left-wing slant has finally told the truth about the number one problem in Maine.

The statistics on the current economic crisis are truly staggering. The American people lost one-quarter of their net worth in the months leading up to the Presidential election. The total loss to the economy exceeded 8 trillion dollars. Most shocking was the unprecedented collapse of Wall Street. As the economy steadily gave way, the largest investment banking firms - companies thought too big to fail - collapsed one after the other. 

A recent item in The RECORD made the astonishing claim that if the public did not fight back against the homosexual rights movement, traditional marriage would eventually be portrayed as abnormal. The RECORD lists the following terms as proof that a campaign is underway to stigmatize traditional marriage.

Top Democrats are planning to attend an event in Portland next month which will celebrate the homosexual rights movement. Although the nation is in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Democratic Party is in a festive mood. To help celebrate the recent victory in the battle over the definition of marriage, the Democratic Party of Maine has invited Congressman Barney Frank, who played a key role in the 2008 financial collapse.