Cry Baby Michael Heath Spews Hate & Ignorance

In response to Dunne’s comments and the news of Bliss’s endorsement, the Christian Civic League of Maine’s Executive Director Michael Heath said: “I am proud of the League for pointing out the connection between Mr. Bliss’s political views and his lifestyle. Homosexuality is immoral. Everyone knows it in their hearts, even openly ‘gay’ candidate Bliss, and that is why there is so much doublespeak around this issue.”

And this because South Portland Democrat Lawrence (Larry) Bliss enjoys the distinction of being the only Maine candidate endorsed by the national Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. Bliss is the Director of Career Services and Professional Life Development at the University of Southern Maine. His State Senate District 7 (in Cumberland County) primary victory in June was heralded by the anti-family Washington, D.C.-based group on their website.

More recently, Bliss has come out in favor of both homosexual marriage and reparations for slavery in an online Grassroots Netroots Alliance official survey response. According to the biography listed on his website, Bliss and his partner, Nolan McCoy, live with their three pre-teen children in South Portland.

Political newcomer Republican Thomas Dunne of Cape Elizabeth will be Bliss’s State Senate opponent in November. Dunne replied to a League Record request for comment by stating: “…what I have read in the press about [the Christain Civic League of Maine] is evidence that your organization tends to not speak in fair and tempered tones. Rather, there appears to be some sort of ‘chicken little’ homophobic emotion underlying your behaviors. I don’t give a hoot about [Bliss's] personal life.”