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A flier passed out in Candia about a proposed policy regarding transgender students is causing outrage over its message.Click to watch News 9's coverage.The flier reads, "Pedophiles are coming," and it was apparently distributed in response to a policy about bathrooms for transgender students being considered by the school district."I think it's disgusting," parent Sharon DeWitt said. "I think it's fear-mongering."Some parents were quick to point a finger at who they thought was the author. At the bottom of the flier, it reads "Ann Marie Banfield" and gives her blog website. But she said she had nothing to do with it."I was not responsible for that flier," Banfield said. "I don't know where it came from."Banfield is the educational liaison for Cornerstone Action, a conservative nonprofit group. She said she's against the proposed transgender policy, but she would never condone that type of message.Others agreed."Although I'm against the policy, this is not what we feel," parent Kelly Lavery said. "This is not why we are against it. We do not feel that transgender people are pedophiles at all."The proposed policy would give transgender students the ability to choose the restroom with which they identify, which some parents said is a good idea."The policy says that if you don't feel comfortable that they have to make a private bathroom available for you," DeWitt said.DeWitt said she and her children understand what the policy is trying to accomplish, and she doesn't appreciate the negativity coming out of the discussion so far."That kind of fear-mongering has no place in this small town, and this issue is dividing the town already, and it's really sad that it's happening," she said.The policy will be discussed again at a future board meeting, but a date has not been set. Officials said the board's attorney will be there.embed