Subject: ADC Urges NRA to Withdraw Lt. Gen. Boykin's Invitation American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) ADC Urges NRA to Withdraw Lt. Gen. Boykin's Invitation Washington, DC | www.adc.org | April 9, 2012 -- After learning that the National Rifle Association (NRA) is hosting retired Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin as the keynote speaker of their annual meeting prayer breakfast later this month, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) took action by bringing the community’s concerns regarding Lt. Gen. Boykin’s long track record of anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic rhetoric and hate speech to the attention of the NRA by writing a letter to NRA President David Keene. The letter expressed ADC’s disdain regarding the association’s choice of a keynote speaker that supports bigotry and racism towards members of our community; and, called for Mr. Keene and the NRA to withdraw their invitation to Boykin and choose someone better suited to speak. ADC President Warren David, as quoted in the letter, stated, “These statements are unacceptable and reflect Lt. Gen. Boykin’s disregard and seeming hatred of Islam and Muslims. Because the NRA is an organization that stands for the Second Amendment rights of all Americans and many Americans are Arab American and/or Muslim, I urge you to withdraw the invitation and cancel Lt. Gen. Boykin’s speech at your upcoming festivities. Doing so would reaffirm your commitment to protect the Second Amendment rights of the entirety of American citizens, including those Arab-American and Muslim citizens that chose to exercise their Second Amendment rights and also support the NRA.” This action reflects ADC’s strong commitment to upholding and defending the civil rights of the entire Arab American community and to exposing those, like Lt. Gen. Boykin, who stand in opposition to part of our community. Read the full text of the letter to Mr. David Keene ### NOTE TO EDITORS: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), which is non-profit, non-sectarian and non-partisan, is the largest grassroots Arab-American civil rights and civil liberties organization in the United States. It was founded in 1980 by former Senator James Abourezk. ADC has a national network of chapters and members in all 50 states. ________________________________ Support ADC | Become A Member | Facebook | Twitter | www.adc.org ADC | 1732 Wisconsin Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20007 | (202) 244-2990 | a...@adc.org © 2012 ADC. All rights reserved. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
