WATERVILLE — A Maine newspaper reporter fired over an e-mail he sent to an organization that supports gay marriage is suing in federal court.
Larry Grard contends dismissal was too severe for the e-mail he sent from a personal account to the Human Rights Campaign the day after Maine voters repealed a law that would have allowed gay couples to wed. He ended the e-mail with two words: “Good riddance!”
The group alerted the Morning Sentinel newspaper, but didn’t ask for his dismissal.
The Bangor Daily News reports that Grard – in a complaint filed last week – says that MaineToday Media, which owns the Waterville-based newspaper, violated his civil rights. Richard Connor, president and CEO of MaineToday Media, said today he doesn’t comment on personnel matters.
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