BRUNSWICK — A proposed school calendar noting all major religious holidays received nearly unanimous support from the school board and members of the public Wednesday night. Superintendent Paul Perzanoski created the draft in response to a request in January from a group of residents to add major Jewish holidays to the calendar. The request drew […]
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J. Mitchell: Selling to LGBT persons
In response to Thomas Shields’ letter (May 10), I will point out that no one can buy a pork tray in a kosher deli. They don’t sell them. The big grocery stores do, however, and they will sell them to whomever wishes to buy them. If a Christian were to go to the kosher deli […]
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Indiana controversy looms as Maine senator floats ‘religious freedom’ bill
AUGUSTA, Maine — Civil liberties watchdogs, gay rights advocates and some lawmakers were already rattling sabers Thursday at the specter of a “religious freedom” bill similar to the one passed last week in Indiana, which has stoked fears that Maine could open the door to legalized discrimination. Sen. David Burns, R-Whiting, said Thursday that he’s […]
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Douglas Walrath: An Easter gift for Shirley Klein
My first true love was Shirley Klein; we were in second grade together at Roosevelt School in Elmhurst, Ill., in 1940. On a sunny, spring day I decided to declare my love for Shirley by purchasing a large, hollow chocolate Easter egg at the five-and-ten-cent store in downtown Elmhurst. The egg came decorated with a […]
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Jodi Hayashida: A conversation worth having
I have begun to wonder how long we as a nation are going to waste our time on the pointless and destructive debate over whether or not Islam promotes violence. It isn’t possible to answer the question objectively. And it diverts our attention from the truly necessary conversations about how any of us learn to […]
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Pews will be full at Lewiston, Auburn Christmas services
AUBURN — It may be the uplifting carols, beautiful greens and flowers that draw people to Christmas services. For others, it could be the darkness softened by candles, or a message that God loves them and their presence is welcome. Like other churches, when the First Universalist Church Christmas Eve services begin this afternoon, the […]
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R. Nadeau: Subject matter beyond science
A person, according to “quantum theory,” is a spectator, not an observer; a performer, not a prop in a theater. A person cannot argue, one way or another, without being involved or taking a negative or a positive position. God can neither be proven or disproven, though many have tried throughout history. How can God, […]
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L. Godin: Going down the wrong path
I commend Irving Grant for his letter to the editor (July 10) concerning prayer in public places. As I see this country, with its lack of morality and beliefs, it is taking the wrong path and more people choose the soap opera way of life. They ignore what the creator stands for. Lifestyle changes have […]
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Mabel Wadsworth Center holds Saturday protest outside Bangor Hobby Lobby
BANGOR — Women and men stood on the sidewalk in front of Hobby Lobby Saturday morning holding signs that read: “My body is not your hobby,” “Control the boardroom, not the bedroom” and “Life, liberty and reproductive freedom,” amongst others. The group of about 50, organized by the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, stood together […]
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Bishop assigns ‘committed and driven’ priest to reverse declining number of Catholic clergy in Maine
PORTLAND — The Rev. Seamus P. Griesbach isn’t asking for much — just a few good men willing to give up having a family, autonomy and riches in order to dedicate their lives to spreading the Gospel in Maine. It’s a decision he and 63 other active priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland […]