Top Down Activism…

Recently, the Maine electorate voted down a statewide referendum that would have repealed the state’s anti-discrimination legislation. Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), said “It’s a much-needed win for our national communities. Winning here shows that, through real dogged grassroots work, we can overcome the lies and distortions of our opponents.”

How did they do this miraculous thing? Dinners with legislators? Paid lobbyists? Free salon and day spa coupons? Or was it “Fosse, Fosse, Fosse,” a twirl and a snap?

No… it was something a bit less flashy, grassroots activism, that won this fight. Maine Won’t Discriminate set out on a course to educate the voters of Maine via door-to-door campaigning, mailings, phone calls, yard signs, and leaflets… and they won.

All you Reaganite “trickle down” GLBT activists take note….