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Article: Maine's gay retreat.(Maine voters have called for a repeal of the state law that prohibits sexual orientation discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, and credit)(Brief Article)
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- The Nation
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- March 9, 1998
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Gays could be the first, victims of a backlash provoked by TV's tsunami of explicit coverage in the Monica Lewinsky mess. That's one lesson that may be drawn from Maine's February 10 referendum, in which voters repealed, 51.6 percent to 48.4 percent, the state's law barring discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. Despite the fact that the pro-gay rights coalition Maine Won't Discriminate outspent repeal supporters five to one (mounting a TV ad campaign featuring the state's popular governor, Angus King Jr.), a get-out-the-vote effort led by the Christian Civic League of Maine and the Christian Coalition ...