October 9, 2009
Several school superintendents in southern Maine say they don't foresee curriculums being affected if voters uphold Maine's new freedom to marry law -- and haven't gotten many calls from parents on the issue. Portland Superintendent Jim Morse said he hasn't gotten any calls from parents asking about the effect of the same-sex marriage law -- only queries from the media.
Morse said that a family sexuality course taught in Portland's high schools includes a 10-minute video related to families. It discusses families of various makeups, such as single fathers, single mothers, interracial, and gay. About a minute of the video deals with families headed by same-sex couples, said Morse. "It's the reality of today -- you have all of these different families that don't look like the 'Leave it to Beaver' families of the 1950s," he said. Parents can have their children "opt out" of parts of the class, he said. "Do we go out of our way to teach anything beyond that? We don't have time, and we're not required to by the state," said Morse. Morse said the new law wouldn't change how Portland schools operate, and wouldn't require other schools to do anything different. [link]
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