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 videoâs discussion of sexuality and gender with young children.
Titled âFreedom Holidays,â the videoâone of hundreds created during the pandemic for remote teachingâwas 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 âLGBT+â people…