Maine Catholic Church Spends Crazy Money to Kill Gay Marriage While Shutting Down Parishes

by Michael Jones · 2009-08-25 08:05:00 UTC
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The Catholic Church is Maine is one of the leading forces behind efforts to take back civil rights for gays and lesbians this coming Election Day.  A former public relations official with the Catholic Diocese of Maine, Marc Mutty, is the spokesperson for the anti-gay marriage movement in Maine, and the Catholic Diocese of Maine gave $100,000 in recent weeks to help support a ballot initiative that would end gay marriage.

This past weekend, the Catholic Church in Maine announced that they were closing two parishes to help with cost-cutting measures, while another two parishes had their names put up on the chopping block, waiting a verdict on whether they will close.

Huh.  Makes you wonder how the Catholic Church spells "Prioirties."  While they throw money out of their ears to criminalize same-sex marriage, they are closing parishes down and breaking a part faith communities because of no money.  And that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Rumors have it that the Catholic Church in Maine is ready to spend up to $2 million to kill gay marriage.  Yet parish after parish after parish continue to get shut down because of a lack of funding.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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