PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Maine Council of Churches says Republican Gov. Paul LePage has disgraced the office of governor and dishonored the state by “promoting racial profiling” and suggesting he’d like to commit violence against a state lawmaker.
The group represents 550 congregations of nine denominations and is asking LePage to sign a “civil discourse covenant” pledging to change his behavior.
LePage drew headlines Wednesday for saying he keeps a binder of photos of drug dealers arrested in Maine which shows 90 percent are black or Hispanic people. When a Democratic lawmaker criticized the comments, LePage left him a voicemail saying he would like to challenge him to a duel and point a gun between his eyes.
The council of churches says LePage has “flagrantly violated” the principle of respecting others in disagreements.
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