Paul LePage on Civil Rights

Confederate monuments are about a war for land

"What was the war? If you really truly read and study the Civil War, it was turned into a battle for the slaves, but initially--7,600 Mainers fought for the Confederacy," LePage said in an interview with Maine radio station WVOM. "And they fought because, as farmers, they were concerned about their land. Their property. It was a property rights issue as it began. The President really made it about slavery to a great degree."

Slaves were considered property up to and during the Civil War. LePage also said that removing confederate monuments could lead to the removal of history books and monuments to the Oklahoma City bombing and the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Two Civil War historians disputed LePage's assertions, noting that the Civil War "was rooted in racial slavery" where "slaves were the property at issue," not land.

Publicly insulted the NAACP

Keep marriage as sacred union of one man and one woman

While Paul is Governor, he will:
• Support the Voter's Decision to Keep the Current Law Defining Marriage.
• Paul does not believe that we need to redefine marriage as anything other than the sacred union of one man and one woman.