Maine Gay Marriage Foes Lie - Again - About Effect on Education

Same-sex marriage opponents blasted Attorney General Janet Mills on Friday for issuing an opinion that gay marriage would not affect school curriculums if gay couples are allowed to marry in Maine. Marc Mutty of Yes on 1 released a 10-paragraph statement saying that, regardless of whether it's an official part of state-mandated curricula, gay marriage will be taught in Maine schools unless the state's gay-marriage law is repealed. "When they study the facts, Mainers will see right through Ms. Mills' opinion for what it is: a shameless political ploy by supporters of homosexual marriage," Mutty said in the statement. Full Story from the Kennebec Journal: http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/6987621.html

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Maine AG on Gay Marriage Law's Effect on Schools: "I have found none"

The state's same-sex marriage law has no bearing on what can be taught in public schools, Attorney General Janet Mills said Thursday.  Mills examined the issue at the request of Education Commissioner Susan Gendron, who had been fielding questions from school officials and the media. The issue has been a central part of the Yes on 1 campaign, which is seeking to repeal the state law that allows gay and lesbian people to marry. "I have scoured Maine laws relating to the education of its children for any references to marriage in the public school curricula," Mills wrote in her opinion. "I have found none." Full Story from the Morning Sentinel: http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6984138.html

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Maine's AG Asked to Put Lies About Gay Marriage's Effect on Schools to Rest

Maine's attorney general is being asked to look into what effect the state's gay marriage law would have on the public schools' curriculum. Education Commissioner Susan Gendron asked for the analysis. Gendron has said the law will have no impact on curriculum decisions. But the campaign supporting repeal of the law in a Nov. 3 referendum says it could lead to gay marriage being taught in schools. In her request to Attorney General Janet Mills, Gendron says questions about the impact of gay marriage on school teachings have persisted and are now being directed to superintendents. fFull Story from WGME: http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/31c2c55d-www.wgme.com.shtml

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