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Obama Denies Man's Partner Assylum Despite Couple's Gay Marriage in Massachusetts

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

A gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won’t be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S., the husband said Monday.

Tim Coco said Attorney General Eric Holder did not act on a Friday deadline in the case of Genesio “Junior” Oliveira, effectively denying the 30-year-old Brazilian man’s request for asylum in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.

“We needed the Attorney General to make a decision on whether Junior could come home,” said Coco, 48, of Haverhill. “He didn’t take this request seriously.”

Full Story from the AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gw-g_7TpOunvri-o-SIwk4cBOsaAD9BJ39S80

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

Friday, October 16th, 2009

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

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

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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