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		<title>Maine Civil Liberties Union - Email Blasts</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:04:21 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Get Up, Stand Up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello,

It was hard to read the headlines this morning.  

Like us, you might have been watching closely as voters in North Carolina voted on an amendment to unnecessarily ban marriages for same-sex couples.  We&apos;re proud of the effort put forward by this campaign, but sad about the outcome.  It ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Securing Equal Protection, One Lawsuit At A Time</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACLU of MAINE  --  April Newsletter:

**Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Health Care to Hundreds of Mainers**

Earlier this month, we filed suit in U.S. District Court to challenge the denial of MaineCare coverage to some lawful permanent residents of our state. Along with our colleagues at Maine Equal ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:22:01 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>March Newsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACLU of MAINE  --  March Newsletter:

*Maine Legislature Rejects Taxpayer Funding of Religion*

We received some great news from Augusta today when both the Maine Senate and House decisively rejected a bill that would have allowed taxpayer dollars to flow to religious schools. The ACLU of Maine ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:08:59 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Meet our new campaign manager!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[*Big Announcement from the Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition* 

Today marks a big step for the campaign to win marriage fairness in November, and we want to bring you up to speed on everything that&apos;s going on. Because we&apos;re so excited, our own Shenna Bellows and Zach Heiden sat down to share the ne]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:49:28 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Join the ACLU of Maine on May 3 and Celebrate Civil Liberties!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Join us for the 2012 Scolnik Award Dinner!
  
The ACLU of Maine Foundation is pleased to honor Walt McKee with the 2012 Justice Louis Scolnik Award for his extraordinary civil liberties advocacy.

The evening will feature ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero as our special guest speaker.

Th]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:32:51 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Protect Open Government. Help Us Oppose LD 1805!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Protect Open Government. Protect Your Right to Know. Tell your legislator to vote &quot;No&quot; on LD 1805.

Maine&apos;s long and proud tradition of open government is under attack. The broad, sweeping exemptions proposed by LD 1805 would shield the governor and his staff from Maine&apos;s Right to Know laws, meani]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:25:44 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>February Newsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACLU of MAINE  --  February Newsletter:

Governor Wants Secrecy, We Want Transparency

Last week we joined the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition in announcing our strong opposition to LD 1805, which threatens to create a broad, and potentially dangerous, new exemption to Maine&apos;s Freedom of ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:12:50 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Tell Snowe and Collins to Stand Up For Women</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ALL WOMEN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL

In today&apos;s Portland Press Herald, ACLU of Maine Executive Director Shenna Bellows pens an op-ed explaining why the new Obama Administration rule on contraceptive coverage is a good one and why the &quot;controversy&quot; around it is so foolish -- especially wh]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Today, We Took The First Step Towards History</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The ACLU of Maine believes that all Mainers, including same-sex couples, deserve the freedom to marry.  By endorsing marriage equality, we can protect religious liberty and fulfill the constitutional promise for equality under the law for all people. 

That&apos;s why we are so proud to announce that t]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:25:13 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Maine Unites Against SOPA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON BACKTRACKS ON S.O.P.A. AFTER INTERNET GOES DARK

Supporting civil liberties can sometimes be a frustrating endeavor. We put in the work, we sign the petitions, we make the calls &#8211; and yet sometimes it seems like no one in elected office is willing to listen. But if ever you needed a rem]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:11:23 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Help Us Protect Civil Liberties In 2012!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[YOUR GIFT CAN HELP MAKE 2012 AS SUCCESSFUL AS 2011

In our 43-year history, we have never faced a climate as hostile to civil liberties as the one we encountered in 2011. But what looked like the makings of a major setback for the freedoms and liberties we hold dear instead turned into a remarkabl]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:14:39 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>URGENT: Say No To Indefinite Military Detention</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[URGENT: Tell Your Senator To Oppose Indefinite Military Detention!

As early as tonight, the U.S. Senate will begin debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a so-called &quot;must-pass&quot; piece of legislation that in its present form will give this president - and every future president -]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:26:03 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Respect Marriage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[JOIN US AND TELL SENATOR COLLINS TO RESPECT MARRIAGE FOR ALL COUPLES

Today, we joined five other state and national organizations in a joint campaign urging Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) to sign on as co-sponsors of the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would overt]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:26:50 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>YES!!! </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WE DID IT!!

Every political campaign is a team effort, but few are as collaborative as the one we just finished, and without your help, we never would have made it across the finish line last night.

Literally from the moment Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1376 into law, the repeal effort was i]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:18:21 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>&quot;YES on 1&quot; Campaign Needs Your Help!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[&quot;YES ON 1&quot; CAMPAIGN NEEDS YOUR HELP!!

It was nearly five months ago that we helped form the Protect Maine Votes coalition to restore same-day voter registration, a Maine tradition that has worked for nearly 40 years but was unnecessarily eliminated by our legislature this summer.

But as far as]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:22:16 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>YES on 1: First TV Ad Released Today!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[YES On 1: Our First TV Ad:

The Yes on 1 campaign released its first television ad today, and we thought you&apos;d like to be among the first to see it. 

It features real Mainers talking about why Election Day registration matters and urges voters to vote &quot;YES&quot; on Question 1 in November to protect ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:40:26 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>September Newsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACLU of MAINE  --  September Newsletter

&quot;YES on 1&quot; Campaign: Now It&apos;s Up To Us

Earlier this month the Secretary of State&apos;s office validated 70,308 signatures from citizens all across Maine who think that our election system has worked just fine these past 38 years and that the legislature&apos;s re]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:03:26 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Maine Civil Liberties Union is now the ACLU of Maine!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Maine Civil Liberties Union is now the ACLU of Maine!

We are excited to announce that we have officially changed our name to the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine (or the ACLU of Maine) in order to reflect our work on national issues and our affiliation with the ACLU.  We join with fift]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:26:45 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>It&apos;s on!!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It&apos;s on!

The People&apos;s Veto will be Question 1 on November&apos;s ballot. 

Maine voters will have a chance to vote &quot;YES&quot; on Question 1 to protect voting rights and to restore same-day registration.

But we can&apos;t celebrate yet (OK, maybe just a little).

After an incredible effort by more than 1,]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>68,000</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Great News From The People&apos;s Veto Campaign!</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:25:17 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>10K in One Day!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Can we collect 10,000 signatures in a single day?

SIGN UP TO JOIN US ON DEMOCRACY DAY!

&#169; Maine Civil Liberties Union

www.mclu.org | info@mclu.org
207-774-5444

Forward this message to a friend.

If you haven&apos;t yet volunteered to protect your voting rights, now is your best chance.

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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:24:38 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>July Newsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[People&apos;s Veto Effort Well Underway

In the last month we&apos;ve witnessed an outpouring of support in favor of repealing the legislature&apos;s frivolous ban on same-day voter registration. Our staff has been out on the streets collecting signatures along with thousands of other volunteers, and so far the ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:52:03 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>People&apos;s Veto Signature Gathering Starts This Weekend</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As I&apos;m sure you&apos;ve heard, the Secretary of State&apos;s office gave us the &quot;green light&quot; last evening and we are ready to hit the streets with petitions in hand. Over the next month thousands of Mainers will be heading out to fairs, malls, festivals, and neighborhoods to gather the needed signatures to p]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:23:25 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>June eNewsletter</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:20:35 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Urgent: People&apos;s Veto To Save Our Voting Rights</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>May eNewsletter</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:35:35 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Your Tax Dollars To Fund Religion?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 15:35:18 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Couldn&apos;t Have Done It Without You</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Unprecedented Attack on Reproductive Freedom in Maine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reproductive freedom in Maine has not faced this large a threat in decades.

Three proposed bills will unnecessarily burden and shame women seeking an abortion.

Doctors could be forced to read coercive, biased scripts. Such scripts in other states have included religious or coercive language in]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>April eNewsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[April Online Newsletter

The Good
Maine legislators are working to fight back privacy threats from national ID cards to electronic medical records to government databases.  Representative Ben Chipman (I &#8211; Portland) introduced a bill to repeal Real ID in Maine.  The MCLU testified in support of th]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Sign the Parent Petition To Secure Confidential Medical Care for Your Kids</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:18:41 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>March eNewsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Standing Up for Health
Not only is Congress trying to take away family planning and Planned Parenthood funds, now Congress proposes to tax individuals whose health insurance plans cover abortion.  MCLU Executive Director Shenna Bellows is traveling to Washington, DC on April 7 for a rally and lobby]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:27:39 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Welcoming Strangers</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:35:38 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Civil Rights Movie Nights continue this Sunday, March 27, with &quot;The People vs. Larry Flynt&quot;</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:20:05 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Going to the Doctor Is the Most Private Thing We Do</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:18:30 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>February eNewsletter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Save Our Voting Rights
Maine has a proud history of high voter turnout and almost no voter fraud (there&apos;s been one case on record in the past 30 years). Despite this proud history, Mainers&apos; voting rights are under attack. Two bills in the state legislature will limit Mainers&apos; access to the ballot b]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:29:42 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Stand with Maine&apos;s Family Planning Clinics</title>
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			<title>Turned Away from the Polls on Election Day</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:26:28 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>January E-Newsletter</title>
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			<title>Worse than Stupak... In Maine, Too</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:34:50 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Let&apos;s Model A Welcoming Maine</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Top 10 Reasons I Give to the MCLU</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:09:39 -0500</pubDate>
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*December 2010**
* 

IN THIS ISSUE

Private Prisons? Not So Fast
The Right to a Lawyer
Eyes on Washington


ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Whether supporting our Bill of Rights Education program [ http://www.mclu.org/node/797 ], advocacy in Maine&apos;s legislature, or work in Cong]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:08:53 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Our Service Members Need You</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:32:05 -0500</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:39:19 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Bowling for Civil Liberties</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:21:17 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:58:23 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>From Ellis Island to the University of Southern Maine</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:01:26 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>90 Years of Protecting Liberty</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:33:21 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:25:12 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Urge Portland School Committee to Stand Up for Student Privacy</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:20:45 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:38 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Maine Civil Liberties Union

July 2010 Online Newsletter


Announcements

**Join us at Common Ground Fair!**
The MCLU will table at Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine on September 24, 25 and 26. Come say hi!

**MCLU Annual Meeting**
The MCLU Annual Meeting for 2010 will be Friday,]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:57:32 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:28:42 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:09:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:09:26 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Racial Profiling Hearing: June 26th </title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:48:24 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Tell Texas to Stop the Ideological Takeover of Textbooks</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:32:31 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:27:23 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:19:35 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:08:27 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:49:13 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:41:38 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:31 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:36 -0500</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:11:57 -0500</pubDate>
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MCLU In Augusta

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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Together, We Can Make Civil Rights History Today</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:40:32 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:31 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:26:49 -0400</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Patriot Act Reform or Reauthorization?
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ALERTING PARENTS:  You do NOT have to release your child&apos;s social security number to schools or the Department of Education.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fairness, respect and marriage equality - that&apos;s the Maine way and that&apos;s what Mainers from all over say in this ad that we rolled out yesterday, along with our partners the EqualityMaine Foundation and Gay &amp; Lesbian Advocates and Defenders. Click here to watch the video: http://www.mclu.org/?q=node]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Stop PASS ID, a REAL ID Revival</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[24 states have rejected Real ID, either by passing legislation refusing to implement the federal program, or passing resolutions decrying the de facto national ID card. Real ID is dying, and Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) is attempting to revive it.
 

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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Why I Stand Up (AND GO GET A HOT DOG) to Support Civil Liberties</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what Edward Reilly, MCLU Development Associate, thinks as he goes about his day as a civil liberties defender? Well even if you don&apos;t, you definitely want to click on the link above to his blog entry on the new and might I add VERY impressive MCLU website. 

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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>How We Can Win</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Opponents of marriage for gay and lesbian couples announced that they&apos;ve hired Schubert Flint, the firm behind Prop 8 in California.  Schubert Flint is partnering with National Petition Management, a paid signature gathering firm to place marriage on Maine&apos;s ballot in November.  Their goal is to ove]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Bringing the Accountability Torture Campaign to Maine</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Repeal of Maine&apos;s REAL ID Law In Governor&apos;s Hands </title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>URGENT - REAL ID House Vote Possibly Today</title>
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LD 1357 &#8211; To Repeal REAL ID is up for a vote in the Maine House of Representatives TODAY.   
 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<title>Repeal Maine&apos;s REAL ID</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This week we have a chance to restore the equal protection of the law and privacy here in Maine.  Last year under duress, Maine passed its own version of REAL ID.  Within the next 24 hours, the Maine State Senate could vote on LD 1357, a bill that would repeal Maine&apos;s REAL ID law.  With your help, t]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[&quot;An Act to Protect Family Caregivers&quot; passed yesterday in the House of Representatives (100-40). This is a great victory, but the Senate vote will be close. Please call your Senator today at 1-800-423-6900 and ask him or her to support L.D. 962.
 
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wow! What a day! At 12:30 today, Governor Baldacci signed L.D. 1020, &quot;An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious Freedom.&quot;  

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