On Friday, the US House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on DOMA and the administration’s decision to not defend the law. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), who chairs the subcommittee, called three witnesses to discuss the largely unprecedented move by the White House: Maggie Gallagher, chairman of the National Organization for Marriage; Rutgers law professor Carlos Ball; and Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Whelan testified that Obama’s decision was part of a “broader sabotage of DOMA” that put favoring a powerful political constituency over its legal duty. (CitizenLink)

MA Schools Do Not Have to Adopt New Health Framework: Read Our Q&A Document
Last week, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted to adopt the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)’s new Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Framework. We’ve been alerting MA families to the dangers in this Framework since June,