Re: ACLU in Bed with Child molesters !

    Standing up for someone's rights is totally different from standing up
for his actions. The ACLU doesn't confuse the two and shouldn't be
scapegoated.
"Chad Gore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >
> Liberal ACLU to Defend NAMBLA Child Molesters
>
> Associated Press
> Aug. 31, 2000
> Liberal ACLU to Defend NAMBLA Child Molesters
>
> BOSTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union will represent a liberal
> group that advocates sex between men and boys in a lawsuit brought by
> the family of a slain 10-year-old.
>
> The family of Jeffrey Curley of Cambridge said the North American
> Man/Boy Love Association and its web site which is now off-line
> incited the attempted molestation and murder of the boy on Oct. 1,
> 1997.
>
> One of two men convicted in the killing, Charles Jaynes, 25,
> reportedly viewed the group's web site shortly before the killing, and
> also had in his possession some of NAMBLA's publications. Also
> convicted in the killing was 24-year-old Salvatore Sicari.
>
    Advocating that a criminal act be made legal is perfectly legal. The
family of a victim of a murder or wrongful death does not have standing to
sue those who advocated commission of the crime or tort. If it were
otherwise, free speech could not exist.
> The ACLU said the case, filed in federal court in mid-May, involves
> issues of freedom of speech and association.
>
> "For us, it is a fundamental First Amendment case," John Roberts,
> executive director of the Massachusetts branch of the ACLU, told
> Boston Globe Wednesday. "It has to do with communications on a web
> site, and material that does not promote any kind of criminal behavior
> whatsoever."
>
> ACLU officials said NAMBLA members deny encouraging coercion, rape or
> violence.
>
> Attorney Lawrence Frisoli, who represents the Curleys, said he is glad
> the ACLU is defending NAMBLA, because he has had trouble locating the
> group's members.
>
    Fortunately, NAMBLA probably doesn't have that many members. Very few
people would want it to be legal for pedophiles to act on their urges. (I
know I wouldn't want it to be legal.) Of the few who do want sex between men
and boys legal, most would be afraid to associate themselves with a group
like NAMBLA for fear of being suspected of being pedophiles. Pedophiles and
gays have another reason not to get involved with NAMBLA: They'd out
themselves.