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Maine town leaders pass anti-mask resolution, say mask mandates violate anti-discrimination law

Maine town leaders pass anti-mask resolution, say mask mandates violate anti-discrimination law
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Our View: Oxford County town s anti-mask resolution misuses Americans with Disabilities Act

Our View: Oxford County town’s anti-mask resolution misuses Americans with Disabilities Act Selectmen in the town of Paris are among those making a mockery of rights won by people with disabilities. By The Editorial Board Share Thirty-one years ago next month, a group of protesters with disabilities ditched their wheelchairs and crutches and began moving – slowly – up the 78 steps of the U.S. Capitol’s West Front, demanding their rights. All five members of the Paris Select Board voted Monday night in favor of a resolution opposing Gov. Mills’ executive orders on face coverings, which they say violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Disability Rights Maine, an advocacy group for the disabled, supports the governor’s mandates.

Our View: Anti-mask resolution misuses the Americans with Disabilities Act

Our View: Anti-mask resolution misuses the Americans with Disabilities Act Selectmen in the town of Paris, among others, are making a mockery of rights won by people with disabilities. By The Editorial Board Share Thirty-one years ago this month, a group of protesters with disabilities threw down their wheelchairs and crutches and went up the 78 steps of the Capitol’s West Front, demanding their rights. Known as the Capitol Crawl, it was the culmination of a decades-long and ultimately successful effort to get Congress to pass the Americans with Disability Act. It took one protester, an 8-year-old with cerebral palsy, almost an hour to get to the top.

Timeline: How Maine s local governments are resisting the state s mask mandate

Local resolutions have been proposed that oppose the statewide mask mandate. By Sun JournalStaff Report Read Article Below, find a timeline of Maine’s most public instances of resistance to the state’s mask mandate.  Feb. 22, 2021 The Paris Select Board unanimously passed a resolution opposing Gov. Janet Mills executive orders on face coverings after mistakenly claiming the mandates violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Feb. 17, 2021 The Androscoggin County Commission rejected the controversial anti-mask resolution proposed by Commissioner Isaiah Lary during a contentious meeting. The vote was 6-1, with Lary the only one voting in favor of his statement. • No county official can enforce a “pandemic order,” including the wearing of masks by any resident, visitor or in a business in Androscoggin County.

Maine select board says mask mandate violates ADA

Paris board members unanimously pass anti-mask resolution, saying mandate violates ADA The executive director of Disability Rights Maine said she supports the governor’s mandates and called the resolution “a form of misguided civil disobedience. Credit: Getty Images Published: 4:05 PM EST February 24, 2021 Updated: 4:07 PM EST February 24, 2021 PARIS, Maine The leaders of a town in western Maine say a mandate that people wear masks during the pandemic violates the Americans With Disabilities Act.  The Paris Select Board members, all of whom were wearing masks, unanimously passed the resolution on Monday night.  The ADA, adopted in 1990, prohibits the discrimination against people with disabilities. 

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