-Caveat Lector- "The issue all along has been Hormel's reluctance to distance himself from anti-Catholic bigots, not his sexual orientation ..." <http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200101\POL20 010126d.html> Ashcroft Supporters Refute Hormel Allegations By Lawrence Morahan CNS Senior Staff Writer January 26, 2001 (CNSNews.com) - A claim by homosexual activist James Hormel that Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft opposed Hormel's nomination as ambassador to Luxembourg in 1998 "solely because I am a gay man" is unfair and without basis in fact, family and religious groups said Friday. Ashcroft and a majority of senators opposed Hormel not because of his homosexuality, but because of his funding of obscene material for children, his failure to denounce pedophilia and a "tolerance for anti-Catholicism," they said. The New York-based Catholic League spoke out against Hormel's nomination because of his association with the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," a group of drag queens that dressed as nuns and took part in the 1996 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade in San Francisco. During the parade, Hormel welcomed the queens and encouraged their antics. "Worse than this was Hormel's refusal to disassociate himself from this Catholic-bashing incident," said William Donohue, president of the Catholic League. "The issue all along has been Hormel's reluctance to distance himself from anti-Catholic bigots, not his sexual orientation," he added. Hormel, who recently returned to the United States after serving a term as ambassador to Luxembourg, said Ashcroft opposed his nomination on sexual grounds. At his Senate confirmation hearings last week, Ashcroft denied that, saying sexual preference was not a factor in his hiring practices as a governor or as a senator, nor would it be if he is confirmed as attorney general. Hormel accused Ashcroft of an "anti-gay prejudice," which could affect how he handles the attorney general's job. Hormel's allegation, and that of Paul Offner, a Democrat who said Ashcroft asked him about his sexuality during a 1985 job interview, has prompted family groups to rally to Ashcroft's defense. Andrea Lafferty, executive director of Traditional Values Coalition, is circulating, among freshman senators, packages of explicit materials she received at the James Hormel Gay and Lesbian Reading Center at the San Francisco Public Library, a Hormel-funded enterprise. Included in the packages are copies of a graphic "Coloring Book" of female genitalia and crayons - materials that are made available to children at the Hormel library. Lafferty discovered the lesbian coloring book - along with other reading materials by the North American Man Boy Love Association that promoted incest and sex between children and adults - during several trips to the Hormel reading center. The center's function is to make homosexuality attractive to children, and it distributes obscene material to children, Lafferty said. "If the library had Dick Armey or Trent Lott's name, the liberals would run them out of town," she said. "Senators should applaud Ashcroft for his opposition to Hormel for promoting this kind of obscene material," she added. During the nomination hearings in 1998, Hormel refused to comment on the materials in his library. His supporters said Hormel personally found some of the materials offensive, but to hold him responsible would be like "holding the Hirshhorns responsible for what is in their museum on the Mall." But Lafferty and others categorically refute this argument. "They are distorting the truth," Lafferty said. "What they fail to acknowledge is that sex between adults and children is illegal, and that is what is in the Hormel library. Hormel has for years refused to denounce pedophilia and he has refused to denounce incest." Much of the opposition to Ashcroft stems from the fear that the attorney general-designate will crack down on pedophiles and enforce the laws on obscenity and pornography, family groups said. Lafferty said she would not have brought back the subject of what is available for children at the Hormel reading center had it not been for attacks on Ashcroft and his record. "They made Hormel the issue. They've been lying about Ashcroft and his record. 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