"[4] At the League's first organizational meeting in Waterville, Bowdoin College president William DeWitt Hyde served as the first (temporary) chairman.
[5] A mass Temperance movement was sweeping the United States at this time, particularly Maine, which had passed the nation's first prohibition law in 1851.
Under the proposed law, the sale of anything that appeals to "the prurient interest in sex" would have been punishable by a jail term of five years.
[12] In 1992 Wyman called for a donor boycott of the United Way of Greater Portland because they banned sexual orientation bias.
Wyman expressed support for sex education and welfare for pregnant women, and said that "pro-lifers must drop their unreasonable and indefensible opposition to birth control.
"[17] The League handed out anti-gay leaflets at a 2003 civil rights conference where the play The Laramie Project was to be performed.
"[18] Michael Heath asked the public to send him "tips, rumors, speculation and facts" about lawmakers and other state officials who might be gay in 2004.
[19] In March 2005, Governor John Baldacci signed a law extending the Maine Human Rights Act to make discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal in employment, housing, credit, public accommodations and education.
Under executive director Carroll Conley, the Christian Civic League of Maine made another push against gay marriage in 2012, when LGBT activists were working to restore its legality.
[24] In 2019, the organization attempted to keep conversion therapy (the pseudoscientific practice of trying to change an person's sexual orientation) legal in Maine.
[26] Investigative reporter Christine Young discovered that the League had violated IRS rules on funneling donations into campaigns against gay rights and abortion.