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But at our recent annual meeting of state leaders, the overwhelming sentiment surrounding the proposed march was frustration that our movement would divert any of its precious resources — especially volunteers and money — to converge on Washington without a specific goal and when most members of Congress will actually be in their home districts.

I have written before, that I do not believe that now (October 2009) is the right time for a Gay March on Washington, and I’m happy to link to this blog post which adequately expresses those ideas so well.

This may be my favorite quote from the entire piece:

For activists who want a life-changing experience, Washington is not the place to be this October. This year, Maine is the place where we are all needed most.

Although I don think we need to all go to Maine that might actually be counter productive as folks there aren’t too pleased to see outsiders trying to tell them what they should be doing. There are a slew of ways to be involved and help pro gay marriage supporters stand strong.

1. Money. Of course Main needs money.
2. Phone Banks. Use technology to help from where ever you live.
3. Add truth to the dialogue and counter the lies. Framing the issue is critically important! We know that fear is a powerful motivator for conservatives, and yelling back at them and name calling doesn’t change anything. But, adding real voices to the mix works. Voicing how marriage equality will benefit real people, and real families will change minds. You can do this by writing to blogs, letters to the editor of Maine papers, and adding comments to aqny Maine blog with anti- gay marriage lies and misinformation is being propagated.

We can not afford to lose Maine. That can not be said strongly enough! We can not afford to lose Maine.

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