The Maine Department of Education (DOE) pulled an educational video from its website following a Republican Party advertisement targeting Democratic Gov. Janet Mills that focused on the video’s discussion of sexuality and gender with young children.
Titled “Freedom Holidays,” the video—one of hundreds created during the pandemic for remote teaching—was created for kindergartners and addressed freedoms achieved by the people of the United States, including the LGBT community.
After a brief introduction about holidays in the United States celebrating freedom, such as Independence Day and Juneteenth, the elementary school teacher presenting the lesson goes on to say that not everyone in the United States is free, specifically “LGBT+” people….