Now is the time for Susan Collins’ own ‘Declaration of Conscience’

Now is the time for Susan Collins’ own ‘Declaration of Conscience’

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Lily King is a writer in Maine. Derek Pierce is a Maine educator. As we approach the 75th anniversary of Sen. Margaret Chase Smith’s momentous “Declaration of Conscience” speech on June 1, we encourage Mainers to write to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins to urge her to do the sam…