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Schools and Families
"Opponents of same-sex marriage in Maine have suggested that if the law stands, schools will teach children about gay marriage. It happened in Massachusetts, they argue, pointing in particular to well-publicized parent-school conflicts in Lexington. A visit to Massachusetts does shows that in some liberal towns, schools take education about..."
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""I have scoured Maine laws relating to the eduction of its children for any references to marriage in the public school curricula. I have found none," Mills says today in a letter to Gendron...."
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"Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, whose general assembly this year considered a bill that would recognize gay marriages performed out of state, all have divorce rates below the national average. Iowa, which became the first Midwest state to legalize same-gender marriages, has a divorce rate of 2.7 per..."
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""I'm appalled at those ads as well. I have no reason to believe that a vote on Question One allowing the law to stand would dictate any change in the curriculum in Maine schools."..."
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"More than 350 lawyers from across Maine - from Kittery to Fort Kent - who teach, practice and write law in the state, have signed a statement rebutting the misinformation and distortion created by the Question 1 campaign ads, and urged voters to reject the ballot measure and support marriage..."
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""It's troublesome that such blatant misinformation about how this would affect education is being portrayed," said David Connerty-Marin, spokesman for the Maine Department of Education. "The ad is simply incorrect."..."
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"It is important to know that our family is probably no different from yours. Our love for one another, covering four generations, four New England states, and marriages that have lasted decades, is the kind of family portrait that those in opposition to same-gender marriage would want you to believe..."
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"Citing child welfare and their commitment to support what is best for children, physicians from the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) today announced their support for the NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign. "Children who are raised by legally married parents benefit from the legal status..."
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"The claim that children will somehow have their values twisted by learning about same-sex relationships is absurd, just as absurd as claiming that learning about Hitler will make them Nazis. Parental rights must be respected, but in doing so, the intelligence and autonomy of children should not be underestimated...."
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"An advertisement alleging that gay marriage will be taught in schools unless the new law allowing same-sex marriages is repealed this fall is being refuted by education officials. "Seeing as there is nothing in Maine education law or rule that even mentions marriage, I think it's quite unlikely that changing..."
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"The state Department of Education says that Maine standards are different from those in Massachusetts and that there are no mentions of marriage - heterosexual or homosexual - in Maine Learning Results. "A change in the definition of marriage in Maine changes nothing in terms of what schools can and..."
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"Here in Maine, our Learning Results standards and education regulations make no reference to the teaching of marriage in any way. So a change in Maine's laws or definition of marriage places no requirements on local districts regarding whether or how they teach about marriage. Such curriculum decisions are strictly..."
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"It may not be the family we had imagined, but it is the family we have and love...."
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"Loving families headed by same-sex couples are not going away. There is no good reason why they should. The research on marriage, families and children shows that children living with same-sex parents are as psychologically healthy as children living with heterosexual parents, including their biological parents. Opponents of same-sex marriages..."
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"She's 8 years old, the adopted daughter of Sarah Dowling and Linda Wolfe. Her two parents - Sarah is "Momma," and Linda is "Mom" - rescued her as an infant from a life in Vietnam that would have been infinitely worse than the one she enjoys now as a happy,..."
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"As the legislative leaders, former Attorneys General, and as the Dean and a long-time faculty person of the School of Law, we take issue with the false and misleading allegations and insinuations in these advertisements. ... It is highly unusual for us to weigh in together in any public campaign...."
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"Contrary to Rev. Emrich's apocalyptic view, marriage equality will make Maine families stronger, extend vital rights and protections to the children of the couples who marry and uphold core Maine values of fairness, equality and personal freedom. Let's not forget Massachusetts. New government statistics show Massachusetts with the lowest divorce..."
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"Will same-sex marriage be taught in schools, if it becomes legal in Maine? No -- nothing in law, or curriculum, mandates any Maine student be taught about marriage, same-sex or otherwise...."
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"Maine doesn't "mandate" a "comprehensive family life curriculum" for its schools. Rather, Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 requires the commissioner of education to work with local family planning programs to develop "comprehensive family life education services" that any school district can choose (or choose not) to incorporate into its curriculum...."
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"At the end of the day, we have to all ask ourselves a question: (pointing to his wedding ring) Is this about politics, is this about religion, or is this about two people that wake up every day next to each other, go to sleep next to each other every..."
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"This past Spring CPA joined the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the National Association of Social Workers and its California chapter in filing an Amicus Brief with the California Supreme Court on the subject of same sex marriage. The CPA Board of Directors engaged in a robust..."
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"Results indicated that individuals in committed same-sex relationships were generally not distinguishable from their committed heterosexual counterparts, with one exception--lesbians were especially effective at working together harmoniously in laboratory observations...."
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"Despite the legalized nature of their relationships, civil union couples did not differ on any measure from same-sex couples who were not in civil unions. However, same-sex couples not in civil unions were more likely to have ended their relationships than same-sex civil union or heterosexual married couples. Compared with..."
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"Results indicate that those students raised by female same-sex couples did not differ significantly from those raised by opposite-sex couples or the general student sample in terms of reports of victimization, psychological functioning, experience of common adolescent concerns, or prospective use of support outlets provided by family and peers...."
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"The data strongly suggest that same-sex couples want and use these new legal statuses. Furthermore, they react more enthusiastically the closer the legal status comes to marriage. The data show that same-sex couples prefer marriage over civil unions or domestic partnerships. ... The percent of same-sex couples that dissolve their..."
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"The 17-year-olds participating in the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) "demonstrate significantly higher social competence" and "significantly lower total problem behavior [than the standard population]. This is a very high indication of mental health," asserts Dr. Nanette Gartrell, principal investigator of the NLLFS and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry..."
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