Philip Spooner - www.EqualityMaine.org

www.EqualityMaine.org - Testimony given for and against Maine's marriage equality bill on April 22, 2009. Nearly 4,000 people attended the hearing, with marriage equality supporters out-numbering the opposition 4 to 1.

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[rubbernuts20]

Thank you so much. I'm a lonely gay 18 year old man trying to pay for college because my parents don't accept me the way I am. Thank you for giving me hope. You're a beautiful person. Bless you.

[OrchidIslander]

"Cheap liberal bullshit tactic"

Really??? His words have the power of experience, sacrifice and honor behind them. He believed in the American ideal so much that he put his own well-being on the line. What have you done?  Compare his words to yours and you'll see just how weak you come across in comparison.

[Shaun Aukland]

It looks as though this American hero passed away earlier this year, on January 20, 2013.  It was just three weeks after gay marriage finally became legal in Maine. Thank you for your part in that, Mr. Spooner. I've come back to this video many times.

[theeblakester002]

Makes me proud to be an American.

[theawesomehuntsman]

Keep going, don't listen to bigots, and most of all keep your head up. Men like Philip Spooner and my grandfather didn't bleed for this country so that we could only have one sort of freedom.

[stefanheikel]

I am sorry to report that Mr. Spooner died on January 20th, 2013. I'm so glad he got to live to see his vision of freedom come true for Maine.

[meatspinnage]

I am a 24 year old heterosexual man, and I wept.

[hiswords43]

Repent of your sins and he will forgive you.

[John Gwent]

Whatever you want to beleive, as an atheist I do find you disgusting.

[hiswords43]

It's a sin against god.

[acledmaiden]

What makes you think you have the superior knowledge to everyone else. Your frank factless drivel is completly nonsensical, it may be time for you to develop a cojunt argument before spilling weak back dated anti-communist messages on videos like this.

[conqueredbybugs]

Where they get it wrong is, Homosexualism in the bible is NOT "Just Another Sin"

In every case, it's the "end result"of a society that CHOOSES to forsake wisdom, truth and God

The truth is, had these people simply "tolerated" what they FIRST DEMANDED of us, "we just want to be left alone" - which we did by removing sodomy laws, then no one would care what they did, ALONE. But that wasn't enough. One after another, they demand and now, we realize everything Christians warned us, has come to pass.