Elaine Thibodeau, an official with the state of Maine's Dept. of Professional and Financial Regulation, sent notice to the Christian Action Network of it's decision to fine the organization $4,000.
Aside from what appears to be a trumped-up allegation that C.A.N was not properly registered for the fundraising mailer they sent out, Thibodeau also accuses the Christian Action Network of "hate speech".
From Pajamas Media:
"But what has Maine bureaucrats roiling is a fundraising mailing sent by CAN (a copy of which was provided to Pajamas Media) regarding a public school curriculum used in California requiring students to pray to Allah, dress up as Muslims, adopt Muslim names, and learn the five pillars of Islam. Since Christians and Jews are not given similar accommodations, CAN encouraged their supporters to send a petition to Maine Gov. John Baldacci asking him to prevent such instruction in Maine public schools." Thibodeau has accused C.A.N of sending an "inflammatory anti-Muslim message". And has sent the organization a "consent" form for which the Christian Action Network is requested to sign, agreeing to their allegations. Here is what C.A.N.'s president told Pajamas Media: “These bogus charges and fines the State of Maine has imposed are nothing but an attempt to stifle our free speech and silence our organization from speaking out about the steady creep of radical Islam in America." “We fully intend to appeal the state’s penalties because if they successfully silence us here, we will quickly find that we won’t be able to speak out anywhere.” Read the entire article by Patrick Poole here. Homegrown Jihad:
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