Lawmaker announces alternative

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AUGUSTA -- Rep. Stan Moody, D-Manchester, said Friday he's launching a new group to speak out for Christians who don't feel represented by the Christian Civic League of Maine.

Moody -- a Republican turned Democrat, as well as an evangelical Baptist minister and businessman -- said he plans to release position papers and speak at events on gay rights, poverty, racism and the need for health insurance.

"The Civic League is out there all the time," Moody said. "I want to be there to give a reasoned response. There are a lot of people who are strong believers who don't want to be called Christian anymore, and I think that's sad."

Moody said the Christian Civic League of Maine's focus on influencing state law -- and its recent people's-veto campaign to overturn a measure that gives protection from discrimination to gays and lesbians -- does not represent the views of most Christians.

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/1947327.shtml

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1. ''believers who don't want to be called Christian anymore''

since conservative christians have let loose their disease on the church and everything else -- it's depressing out there.