The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.

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I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die,...

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die,...

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health...

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health...

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines...

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines...

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems...

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems...

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too...

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too...

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put...

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put...

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in...

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in...

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh...

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh...

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized:...

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized:...

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from...

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from...

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The...

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The...

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not...

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not...

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of...

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of...

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide...

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide...