In Thursday’s Bangor Daily News:
State education commissioner Susan Gendron is asking the Attorney General’s Office to help settle whether Maine’s gay marriage law will affect curriculum in public schools.
As part of its campaign in support of the Question 1 ballot initiative, Stand for Marriage Maine has aired several television ads claiming that unless the law is repealed, same-sex marriage could be taught in schools.
Gendron and Maine education officials have said that the law will have no impact on curriculum decisions. While Stand for Marriage Maine has defended the ads as raising legitimate questions, the campaign to defend Maine’s same-sex marriage law has accused the opposition of employing distortion and scare tactics to sway public opinion.
But in response to continuing questions from the media and the public, Gendron sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Mills on Wednesday asking for an analysis of the law and any legal ramifications of a Massachusetts court decision referenced in the ads.
Education head seeks analysis of gay marriage law effects on schools, BDN, 10/8/09
So…
One State functionary (Gendron)
calls on a
second State functionary (Mills)
to prove that a
third State aggregation of functionaries (teachers/schools)
means us no harm!
Yeah, that makes sense. And I’m going to believe Mills’s report. Really.
Wherever you stand on Question 1, can you see that the Commissioner just isn’t helping?