Eleven years ago, I brought my daughter, then about 12 weeks, and unable to focus beyond about two feet, to the Mapplethorpe exhibit in Cincinnati, and they would not let her in. Pictures of baby genitalia thats he could not see would poison her baby mind. Of course she got wet while my wife was walking around the exhibit, so I had to treat the lobby to display of baby genitalia . . . . --jks
> 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.
>
>
> -- 30 --
>
> 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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