MAINE LEGISLATIVE LEADER SAYS IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER CIVIL UNIONS: From the Kennebec Journal

House Speaker John Richardson said Friday that he'd like the Legislature to consider allowing gays and lesbians to enter into civil unions.

Richardson, D-Brunswick, told Morning Sentinel editors that if the Christian Civic League of Maine moves forward with a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, he'd support changing the bill to create civil unions for gays and lesbians.

Rep. Brian Duprey, R-Hampden, already has announced his plan to introduce legislation for a state constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage. Michael Heath, executive director of the civic league, said his group will actively support the legislation. ...

"A civil union is same-sex marriage under a different name," Heath said.

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