Remember when Jesse Helms brought the Mapplethorpe photographs to the Senate floor?
Michael Pugliese
P.S. Though, I did find it shocking when I saw the Mapplethorpe exhibition at the UC Art Museum in Berkeley that some parent had brought their daughter who looked to be around 12 to it. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ (CHANGING OF THE GUARD WorldNetDaily Exclusive Opposition to Cellucci over homosexual issue ) http://www.americansfortruth.org/ http://syninfo.com/ian/PRIVATE/2001/02/24/2001022421402435.html http://syninfo.com/ian/private/2001/ AFT to Distribute Tapes of GLSEN 'Fistgate' Scandal to Senators
From www.americansfortruth.org Americans for Truth Project of Kerusso Ministries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Peter LaBarbera (703)491-7975
February 23, 2001
AFT to Distribute Tapes of GLSEN 'Fistgate' Scandal to Senators as Opposition Mounts to Cellucci Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Americans for Truth Project Director Peter LaBarbera
announced today that his group will be distributing a copy of the Boston "Fistgate"
audiotape to every U.S. Senator as part of an effort to educate members on why
Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci should not be approved as U.S. Ambassador
to Canada.
The "Fistgate" tape -- produced by Parents Rights Coalition of Massachusetts -- is
based on an undercover recording of a March 2000 conference workshop about
"Queer Sex" sponsored by the Boston affiliate of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network (GLSEN). Three Massachusetts government employees led the
GLSEN workshop -- advertised as "for youth only, 14-21" -- and gave "how to"
discussions about homosexual sex acts, including the dangerous practice known in
"gay" slang as "fisting." (A free copy of the Fistgate tape is available from
Americans for Truth: click HERE.)
Gov. Cellucci's nomination by President Bush for the ambassadorship has angered
parents and children's advocates in Massachusetts who oppose Cellucci's ardent
support of taxpayer-funded, pro-homosexual programs in the state's schools. For
more information on Cellucci's pro-homosexuality record in Massachusetts, click
HERE.
The anti-Cellucci campaign was joined by other groups across the nation as word
spread that the Governor refused to even meet with parents concerned over the
"Fistgate" scandal. Last July, Cellucci also snubbed Ambassador Alan Keyes, who
came to Boston to address a rally of parents opposed to the growing promotion of
homosexuality to students. (He rudely declined to greet Keyes, who was then
welcomed by the Democrat-controlled legislature.)
More than 20 local and national groups have signed on to a petition opposing the
Cellucci nomination, with more signing on each day. See www.massnews.com.
"By opposing Paul Cellucci, we are sending a message to politicians that whether
you are Republican or Democrat, it is wrong to promote homosexuality in schools
and they will be held accountable," LaBarbera said. "Gov. Cellucci has embraced the
Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual group, and the result is that he refused to
publicly denounce an event at which 14-year-olds were exposed to graphic talks
about homosexual perversions.
"It seems that the closer politicians gravitate to homosexual lobby groups like the
Log Cabin Republicans, the farther they drift from the moral concerns of parents,"
LaBarbera said. "President Bush must realize that after eight years of government
promotion of homosexuality under Clinton, Americans are yearning for a return to
normalcy and decency. We will resist any promotion of the idea that it is acceptable,
normal or healthy for men to have sex with men, or women with women."
He urged President Bush to reconsider his administration's budding alliance with the
Log Cabin Republicans. On Thursday, Attorney General John Ashcroft chose to
meet with leaders from the homosexual activist group as "his first meeting with a
group concerned about civil rights enforcement," AP reported.
"Log Cabin is in the business of promoting the acceptance of homosexuality within
the GOP. Its leaders brand biblical Christians as haters and bigots. This group's
agenda is by definition not a conservative, family-friendly agenda," LaBarbera said.
This week, LaBarbera was a guest on FOX talk show "Hannity & Colmes" and
Christian talk show host Marlin Maddoux's popular nationwide radio program. He
urged listeners to call Sen. Jesse Helms, Cairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, to resist the Cellucci nomination (Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121).
Calls from citizens who are concerned about Cellucci representing the United States
of America in Canada are pouring in to Helms and other Senators.
LaBarbera said that the Cellucci nomination is rallying parents across the nation and
helping alert the public to GLSEN's radical agenda. The homosexual organization
supports pro-homosexual classroom lessons for elementary-age students including
kindergartners. GLSEN has admitted that the "Fistgate" seminar went too far, but its
newsletter account of the incident focused on the alleged
"privacy" violations of the
students who had attended the "Queer Sex" workshop.
GLSEN: Open Up to Public
Noting that GLSEN is now a de facto consulting group in public (and private)
schools across the nation (it receives government grants in Massachusetts),
LaBarbera said the group's agenda -- as revealed in its conferences and seminars --
should be fully open to the public.
"I challenge GLSEN to stop hiding behind 'privacy' and make tapes of all its events
available for purchase by everyday citizens," LaBarbera said. "Parents shouldn't
have to sneak into GLSEN events to find out what this influential group has in store
for their children."
GLSEN's two recent national conferences were not taped, while most sessions in
earlier gatherings were recorded, LaBarbera noted.
"If GLSEN has nothing to hide, and its goals are not harmful to young people --
which I strongly doubt -- then its leaders should have no problem allowing parents
and educators full access to review their methods and goals," he said.
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Americans for Truth is a Washington, D.C.- based project of Kerusso Ministries,
headquartered in Newport News, Va. Since 1989, Kerusso has provided a
Christian perspective regarding homosexuality as it relates to both ministry and
public policy.
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