Rep. Apologizes For Sex Accusations

Rep. apologizes for sex accusations

Nashua Telegraph
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN and MICHAEL BRINDLEY


CONCORD – State Rep. Nancy Elliott, R-Merrimack, apologized Tuesday and withdrew her claim that gay sex was being taught to fifth graders in Nashua public schools.

“I would like to apologize to the Judiciary Committee, the Nashua public schools and its employees and the speaker as well as anyone else affected by what I said,’’ Elliott said, reading from a prepared statement at the beginning of a House Judiciary Committee meeting. “I will try much harder in the future to verify fully my statement.”

Despite the apology, Elliott maintained she believed what she said was true at the time.

Elliott’s comments were made during a Judiciary Committee hearing last week for a bill, HB1590, that would repeal same-sex marriage. She said she had been told by a parent that fifth graders in Nashua had been shown pictures of naked men and taught how to engage in anal sex.

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