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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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 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,...

In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin...

In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin...

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...

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...

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship...

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship...

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...

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...

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.

By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more...

By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more...

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...

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.

Winter in Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.

Winter in Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.

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...

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation...

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation...

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.

These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the...

These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the...

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities.

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities.