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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:50 PM
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Maine Gov. Baldacci hosting fundraiser for pro-gay poverty organization defunded by Catholic Bishop
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Edited on Tue Apr-06-10 10:52 PM by Bluebear
The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.


by Joe Sudbay:

Two weeks ago, we learned that the Bishop of Maine, Richard Malone, stopped funding Homeless Voices for Justice, because the group's parent organization, Preble Street, opposed the repeal of Maine's same-sex marriage law. Bishop Malone led the repeal campaign, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on it while simultaneously shutting down parishes in the state. Like most Catholic leaders, Malone is driven by homophobia.

There's been an outpouring of support for Preble Street since the Bishop's announcement. Today, my sister, Karen, informed me that the Governor, John Baldacci, is hosting a fundraiser for Preble Street. Karen told me it was the Governor's idea to host the fundraiser. He wanted to do it. The Governor, who is Catholic, signed the marriage equality legislation last year -- and campaigned hard to prevent its repeal...
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The Catholic Church has failed its obligations in so many ways.

I have to give a shout out to the Governor for showing the Catholic Church what it means to live and act in the Catholic tradition of putting the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.

Contributions to Preble Street may be made here:

http://www.preblestreet.org/donate.php

You get to write a note about why you're making the gift.

http://gay.americablog.com/2010/04/maine-gov-baldacci-hosting-fundraiser.html


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