Misinterpretation of 'Parents Rights Law' at Crux of Massachusetts Controversy
By Jim Brown
September 29, 2005

(AgapePress) - A Massachusetts school superintendent is instructing teachers not to inform parents when their children are being exposed to discussions about homosexuality in class. The action has roiled pro-family activists.

At issue is an article in the Lexington Minuteman newspaper written by Lexington school superintendent Paul Ash. In the article, Ash says according to a Department of Education interpretation of the Parents Rights Law, he does not have to inform parents when homosexual relationships are discussed with children in elementary school classes.

Brian Camenker with the Massachusetts-based group Article 8 Alliance says Ash's stance is "so arrogant and outrageous" he can hardly believe it.

"I am the one who wrote the Parents Notification Law in Massachusetts, so I'm very familiar with it -- and I wanted to see what [Ash's] interpretation was," Camenker recalls. "So we went to the [Massachusetts] Department of Education and got what they sent him -- and it turns out that he's not even interpreting their interpretation properly."

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