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NEA Reconfirms Stance Against Discrimination
 

A smear campaign launched by the American Family Association asserted that the National Education Association was set to "endorse homosexual marriage" at the 2006 Representative Assembly.

Either the group is intentionally misleading the public, or didn’t bother to check their information, but NEA has no plans to endorse same sex marriage and never did. At the Representative Assembly in Orlando, FL, more than 9,000 educators tackled critical issues facing public schools, teachers and students. That included multiple proposals to clarify existing resolutions and address diversity, discrimination, and civil unions.

"Religious conservatives are using misinformation and smear campaigning to attack two of their favorite targets at once: marriage rights and public education," said Reg Weaver, NEA president. "But delegates came to Florida to take care of business, and advocate for the welfare of their students. Campaigns of misinformation didn’t derail that."