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PORTLAND, Maine - In a case that is pulling back the curtain on
the violence of the homo.ual lifestyle, a prosecutor today
told a jury here that a high-profile "... marriage" advocate
suspected in the death of another man during a clandestine
meeting often used his guns as ". toys."
Opening arguments were delivered today in the trial of Bruce
Lavallee-Davidson of Skowhegan, Maine, who is accused of
manslaughter in the death of a South Portland man who was shot
in the head and died instantly.
The case is being watched closely because of the continuing war
over homo.ual "marriage" in the state. The legislature there
adopted provisions for such "unions" earlier, but that decision
was rejected by voters who decided in November to overrule their
lawmakers.
Mike Hein of the Christian Civic League of Maine told WND the
details of the sordid case are so atrocious he believes it
effectively will kill plans for "... marriage" in the state.
The issue is that Lavallee-Davidson, who is on trial for
manslaughter for the death of Fred Wilson of South Portland, was
testifying with his "partner," Buck, in favor of legalizing
homo.ual "marriage" in the state only four days after Wilson's
body was found.
Lavallee-Davidson and his partner, who was not at the . party
where Wilson died, testified they "were already married in the
eyes of God."
"Not only are the specifics of the trial stunning, salacious,
perverted and sick," said Hein, "this guy, Lavallee-Davidson,
literally a few days after he allegedly shot this sadomasochist
at a . party, was the poster boy for Equality Maine," an
organization promoting same-. marriage in the state..
The charges accuse Lavallee-Davidson of putting a .44 magnum
pistol to Wilson's head and pulling the trigger twice in the
early morning hours of April 18, 2009.
Witness James Pombriant today said Lavallee-Davidson had met
Wilson on the Internet and allegedly arranged for the three of
them to meet at Wilson's South Portland house.
Maine Assistant Attorney General Lise Marchese said, "The
defendant was a gun collector and he frequently used his guns as
. toys. He attended . parties even though he had a partner."
"The men drank beer, smoked pot and used drugs for most of the
night."
Marchese said she wasn't asking for judgment on the ". games,"
the drugs or the guns.
But, she told the jury, "Guns and drugs are a dangerous
combination."
"This case is about whether it is criminally negligent to put a
gun to someone's head for . play without checking to see if
the gun is loaded," Marchese said.
In his opening statement, defense counsel Michael Whipple took a
different approach by directing the jury's attention to Wilson.
"Wilson had everything you could ever imagine in terms of .
play, . toys, and . games. He devoted time to putting his
. play room together," Whipple said.
"Fred Wilson was interested in Bruce Davidson's gun collection.
They put guns in each other's mouths in a .ual way. The guns
were used as . toys," Whipple said.
"Fred Wilson asked to play [Russian] Roulette and Bruce checked
the gun," Whipple continued.
"I am asking the jury to remember that the burden of proof of
negligence in this case is with the prosecution. You the jurors
must act on the presumption of innocence," he said.
Testimony explained Wilson spent a lot of the money he made as a
computer programmer on a . game room in his basement. Maine
State Police Detective Bill Ross said the room was 10 by 10
feet, and there were leather pants, leather chaps and "all sorts
of . toys."
He said investigators also found shotgun shells in the room from
a shotgun that "also was used as a . toy that night."
Pombriant described the drugs used that night.
"I brought amyl nitrate, a drug you can buy from the U.K. It is
legal and it made it through customs. If you mix it in your
drink, it gives you a warm .ual feeling and makes you feel
mellow," Pombriant explained.
"There was also ethyl chloride. That gives you a rush of
euphoria but it's also dangerous and can make your heart stop,"
he continues. "And we drank lots of beer and smoked pot."
He described how the guns were used.
"We played with the guns. We put the guns up our a---- and we
put them in our mouths. We never shot them," Pombriant said.
"The guns were put around the room. There was no discussion with
me about the guns. We brought out the guns and passed them
around. We put them in our mouths," Pombriant said.
"I never saw the guns loaded or unloaded for the whole evening.
Though, we used the shotgun a lot because it was the most
.ual," he continued.
Hein said the "man on the street," when asked about "...
marriage," probably doesn't link violent . play with loaded
weapons with the proposal. The trial's details, therefore, are a
revelation, he said.
In Maine, he said, people are "hopelessly and uniquely
antiquated."
"We're not New York City. We're not even Boston," he said. But
"good people are going to get their noses rubbed in the details."
"This is a peek of what is behind the curtain," he said. "This
is a real defining moment in the ... marriage movement in Maine.
This could have national implications."
The case in Cumberland County, Maine, Superior Court, is
expected to last for several days.
The case of homo.ual-related crime being ignored by the
national media is hardly unique.
In July, WND reported news coverage of Duke University official
Frank Lombard, accused of raping his adopted 5-year-old son and
offering the child to someone else, omitted the fact that
Lombard is a homo.ual who lives with another "..." man.
Also last year, reporter George Weber of New York City's WABC
Radio was slain by a sadomasochist he hired through
Craigslist.com. The story received coverage in New York but
garnered little attention outside the city.
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