Al Diamon

Maine commentator Al Diamon writes his "Politics and Other Mistakes" column weekly, and it is published in a number of Maine newspapers.  

Here he refers to the League and others as "anti-sex extremists" for criticizing the Portland School Committee's decision to allow pre-teen public schoolchildren to be given prescription contraception and abortion-inducing pills.

"What [Portland's School Committe members] don’t deserve is to become the whipping boys and girls for a bunch of anti-sex extremists hoping to use this controversy to fulfill their fantasies of finally achieving political potency.

"On Oct. 17, with little notice, the School Committee voted 7-2 to make birth control available to students who use the public health center at King Middle School. While parental permission will be needed for kids to be treated at the center, state law prevents the school from notifying mom and pop if their offspring ask the school nurse for a supply of condoms, pills or patches.

"School Committee members should have been prepared for what happened next. Conservative crusaders from across the country condemned Portland for encouraging 11-year-olds to have sex....

"The Christian Civic League of Maine stumbled on a state statute that says anyone having sex with somebody under 14 is guilty of gross sexual assault. The League immediately called on the state’s highest law enforcement official to take action to halt the alleged wave of prurience in Portland’s schools.

"'It is beyond comprehension,' announced CCLM official Mike Hein, 'that Maine’s Attorney General, Steven Rowe, does not know about this criminal sexual activity in the Portland Middle Schools. His own wife is the head nurse for Portland schools. By her own public admission, Amanda Rowe knows of a number of pregnancies in Portland’s middle schools.'"

Diamon's column "Extreme Behavior" can be read in full here.

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