NEWS FLASH

Maine Media Finds Anti-Equality Group Routinely Peddles Falsehoods | A fact-check by MaineToday Media found a series of claims made by Protect Marriage Maine, the lead group advocating against the state’s equality referendum, have all been mostly or entirely false. The group falsely implied in an ad that Maine that domestic partnerships had the same legal protections as marriage and its website incorrectly claimed that equality would threaten churches’ tax-exempt status and that there existed solid evidence that male/female households were better for children than two-parent, same-sex homes. Similar falsehoods have been pushed in anti-equality ads around the country. Polling in Maine suggests overwhelming support for equality among the state’s voters.