Conservatives will pay to defend schools fighting Maine on transgender policies

The Maine Monitor ^ | December 5, 2025 | Daniel O'Connor

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

A prominent national conservative group is prepared to help fund the legal defense for Maine school boards that are bucking state law to bar transgender students from playing on sports teams and using private spaces that align with their gender identities.

Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal advocacy group, will cover legal fees incurred in lawsuits filed by the Maine Human Rights Commission last month, the Livermore Falls-area school board chair told fellow board members at a Thursday meeting.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: adf; education; groomers; grooming; maine; sports; trans; transgender; xyxx

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

In addition to Free Republic, I also contribute meager funds to socially conservative groups including Alliance Defending Freedom and Liberty Counsel. There are other good groups out there, also, including some that I have contributed to in the past. Alliance Defending Freedom is perhaps one of the best ones. Liberty Counsel is one of the most socially conservative groups.

[Bonemaker]

I think there is a hive of Somalis in Maine to add to their woes.

[Steven Scharf]

Direct link to the article. No need to MSN hits.

https://themainemonitor.org/school-boards-scramble-respond-transgender-policy-lawsuit/

The Maine Monitor is the liberal’s response to The Maine Wire. It does some good reporting sometimes.

[RWGinger]

First sentence is confusing. It sounds like the conservative group is against barring transgender athletes from competing with opposite actualsex kids???

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

Yo are correct. I read it three times and still couldn’t figure it out. Lefties write like that on purpose.