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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Lower Depths

That's where it seems we'll find the anti-marriage faction. This one's been around for a couple of days: it seems that someone has made a documentary on the Question 1 campaign in Maine, and guess what: the head of Yes on One admits that they were lying through their teeth:



Courtesy of Jeremy Hooper at Good As You, and the subject of a blistering post (blistering for Hooper, anyway).

Marc Mutty, the man featured in the video, is also an employee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, "on leave" to enforce Church doctrine on the citizens of Maine.

This is the sort of thing that should be getting national press coverage, if we had a press.

Update: See also this post from Alvin McEwen at Pam's House Blend on Maggie Gallagher's appearance before the House Committee on Preserving Heterosexual Privilege. It's not just in Maine. I actually watched part of her testimony -- she's quite personable. But then, sociopaths are.

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