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| A mother’s claim that her son was told he could wear a dress to school, as aired in an anti-same sex marriage advertisement, is false, a Melbourne principal says. | A mother’s claim that her son was told he could wear a dress to school, as aired in an anti-same sex marriage advertisement, is false, a Melbourne principal says. |
| Cella White, whose son goes to Frankston high school, appeared in the Coalition for Marriage’s television commercial saying “the school told my son he could wear a dress next year if he felt like it”. | Cella White, whose son goes to Frankston high school, appeared in the Coalition for Marriage’s television commercial saying “the school told my son he could wear a dress next year if he felt like it”. |
| But school principal John Albiston said the offer was never made. | But school principal John Albiston said the offer was never made. |
| “She said it happened in a science class so we spoke to her son’s science teachers. They said it never happened,” the principal told the Australian Associated Press. | “She said it happened in a science class so we spoke to her son’s science teachers. They said it never happened,” the principal told the Australian Associated Press. |
| “I think it’s very disappointing that she didn’t meet with me to explore her concerns. If we had investigated it with her ... she would have realised it wasn’t happening.” | “I think it’s very disappointing that she didn’t meet with me to explore her concerns. If we had investigated it with her ... she would have realised it wasn’t happening.” |
| Albiston said White had previously raised concerns about the Safe Schools program, aimed at educating students about sexual and gender diversity. “I guess I wasn’t shocked [by her claims in this advertisement] because I’ve heard her claims so many times on the media ... she’s very outspoken,” Albiston said. | |
| In a statement the Coalition for Marriage stood by White’s account and said her son’s class “was told that they could wear the uniform of their choice”. | In a statement the Coalition for Marriage stood by White’s account and said her son’s class “was told that they could wear the uniform of their choice”. |
| A voluntary postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage will be held next month unless it is blocked by a looming high court challenge. |