Friends,
This crap must stop - and immediately. None of the "organizations"
and "authorities" who are now acting like gestapo agents against the
Boy Scouts of America seem not to realize that they do not have a dime
to distribute or control except for the contributions or taxes of thousands
of citizens who very likely feel very differently.
And, school "boards" and "authorities" had better listen up and
come to a realization they are NOT in fact the Gestapo Headquarters
in determining what rules, edicts and demands are to be followed by
parents and students alike simply because they say so.
Folks, you'd better start applying some very strong pressure to the
authoritarian nut cases in our country who believe that they run things
and decide whether or not "they" will support a particular organization,
simply because these groups stand up for what we all know to be
MORALLY RIGHT.
School Superintendent Mark Smith desperately needs to be sent packing,
as the first in a long line of despots who are not afraid to make these kinds
of lunatic unilateral decisions which fly in the face of what every traditional
American knows to be true and just.
This crap MUST STOP.
Bill Ball
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> On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 13:49:07 -0600, spiker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Source:
> MetroWest Town Online: Framingham, Massachusetts
> http://www.townonline.com/metrowest/
>
> School bans Boy Scouts recruitment
>
>http://www.townonline.com/metrowest/framingham/news/0-9097_0_school_090200_c029360308.html
>
> September 2, 2000
>
> By MICHELLE HILLMAN NEWS STAFF WRITER
>
> FRAMINGHAM -- School Superintendent Mark Smith, reacting to the Boy Scouts'
> ban on gays, says he will no longer allow the organization's local chapter
> to hand out information or recruit members on school grounds.
>
> The chapter, called the Knox Trail Council, will still be able to hold
> meetings in Framingham school buildings, providing they don't send children
> home with any information about the Boy Scouts.
>
> Smith said his decision was prompted by the local council's support of the
> Boy Scouts of America's policy of excluding both gay scout leaders and
> homosexual scouts.
>
> Dennis Prefontaine, a scout executive, who met with Smith earlier this
> month, was not available for comment.
>
> Smith said Framingham's schools have a strong commitment to respecting
> differences and diversity, and said the Boy Scouts' policy to exclude
> certain people is in direct conflict with those standards.
>
> He said he would take the same stance against any group that excludes
> people on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or sex.
>
> So far, Smith has not banned any other groups from disseminating
> information through the schools.
>
> "This is not targeted at the Boy Scouts," said Smith, who has been weighing
> the new policy since the high court ruling was handed down in June. "In
> fact, my hope would be that the local or national chapter would change
> their policy. I think very highly of the Boy Scouts and what they do for
> children."
>
> The U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the Boy Scouts are
> permitted to deny participation of a gay youth or adult because they are a
> private organization, and therefore do not have to abide by laws
> prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations.
>
> If the Knox Council does change it's mind and decides to support the
> inclusion of all students, Smith said he would review the policy.
>
> John Roberts, executive director of the Civil Liberties Union of
> Massachusetts, said the School Department's new policy treads a fine line
> between upholding the rights of students and the Council's First Amendment
> rights to freedom of assembly and free expression.
>
> "It's a very interesting cut here," said Roberts. "It's a clash of
> constitutional principles."
>
> Because Framingham's School Department has a policy of inclusion, Roberts
> said it may refuse the Boy Scouts permission to hand out material on school
> grounds that contradicts that policy. But he said the department may not
> keep them from using school buildings.
>
> Smith said that is exactly the reason the decision was made the way it was.
>
> Smith said he spoke with school principals and members of the School
> Committee about the controversy before issuing the policy. He said they
> agreed that the Scouts' position fails to benefit students educationally or
> enhance the schools' curriculum -- key criteria of the schools'
> solicitation policy.
>
> Smith said it's possible that the School Committee might review the
> building policy that grants use of grounds and buildings to various
> groups. Currently the policy allows all groups to use buildings regardless
> of whether they discriminate.
>
> Smith said he didn't know of any other school districts in the state that
> permit local Boy Scout chapters, which exclude gays, to hand out literature
> on school grounds.
>
> "I think organizations that have non-discriminatory provisions ... would
> be forced to (re)consider their relationship with any private organization
> that excludes children and adults based on sexual orientation," Smith said.
>
> To learn more about the pro sodomite viewpoint in Massachusetts click below.
>
> Kids Get Graphic Instruction In Homosexual Sex
> http://www.massnews.com/maygsa.htm
>
> PROVINCETOWN INTRODUCES SODOMY TO PRESCHOOLERS
> http://www.thewinds.org/archive/family/gay_agenda8-97.html
>
> Please keep replies trimmed. That includes that annoying advertisement above - chas
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