UPDATE FROM A. 8:
Just what you'd expect:
Gays, organizers suddenly claiming that pornographic homosexual booklet wasn't at Brookline High School GLSEN conference Apr.30.
Strongly refuted by attendee who picked it up there (and Article 8 Alliance)!
"Of course the book was there! I picked mine up up on the Fenway Community Health Center table. There was a whole bunch of them on that table. It was the first table you got to after the registration table, when you went in."
Sally Turner, Carlisle, MA
"The people we saw each came home from the conference with a big bag of materials. And they all clearly had a copy of the book. It's ridiculous to claim that the book wasn't there.
Brian Camenker, Director, Article 8 Alliance
Statement from GLSEN-Boston, May 17:
Recent allegations from the far right on the one year anniversary of same sex marriage about the 2005 GLSEN Boston Conference are categorically untrue
Boston, MA (May 17, 2005)
The Boston Chapter of the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network, GLSEN Boston, wants to assure everyone that there were no sexually explicit materials at the conference. GLSEN Boston has a written and strongly enforced policy that no sexually explicit materials will be available or conversations engaged at the conference by presenters, staff, or others affiliated with GLSEN Boston. Sexually explicit materials of any kind are not permitted at the conference and would be in violation of clearly stated policy.
"We assign monitors to every workshop and event to assure that all policies are strictly enforced. No such materials, from AAC or anyone else, were ever present at the GLSEN conference in Brookline," said Sean Haley, E.D. of GLSEN Boston. "The allegations are simply lies."
GLSEN Boston works to ensure that all young people have access to a safe learning environment regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Article 8 reaction:
A common tactic for homosexual activists in the schools: to characterize anyone who exposes them or challenges them as "the far right" and to brush aside what they expose as "simply lies." Plus a lot of official-sounding blather boilerplate. Make no mistake, these are NOT lies. We have a witness who has stepped up. We have the books.
AIDS Action Committee:
A caller Tuesday afternoon spoke to an AIDS Action Committee (AAC) spokesman who identified himself as "Diego." Diego said that AAC definitely did not have a table at Brookline High School that day.
Article 8 reaction:
They're technically correct that AAC did not have a table there. But that's beside the point. Their "Little Black Book" was given out at the "Fenway Community Health Center" table. Somehow the Fenway Community Health Center received a large number of copies of the book, enough for a conference of hundreds of people.
Brookline High School:
The secretary to the headmaster, Carol Dyer, has been telling callers that she's been told that the book not given out, that nobody got them, and that these allegations are "not true". But when pressed, she also admits she doesn't know for sure.
Article 8 reaction:
Call Carol Dyer at 617-730-2401. She and the rest of them need to quit stonewalling and face this issue squarely. This is serious stuff, not a game.
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health:
We were told Tuesday evening by a newspaper reporter that the Mass Dept. of Public Health claims it had nothing whatsoever to do with the book.
Article 8 reaction:
Then why is their name published in it as a contributor? Gov. Romney knows better, says he's going to get to the bottom of it. Besides, it's well known that the AIDS Action Committee and the Dept. of Public Health have had a very close working relationship for a long time.
Conclusion: The usual lies, deception, and subterfuge by gay activists and their supporters in the schools that unfortunately parents see over and over again. In Massachusetts, at least, the homosexual movement has a long history of simply making up statements to hide their activities with schoolchildren.