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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:24:05 -0500, "sgdunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> 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. > -------------------- I think not !! The NAMBLA didn't want all the media coverage for this kind of story. the wanted young boys to molest and fantasize all along ! It may have started out innocent gay met gay ! But there peter drive got the best of them !! Gay sickness can be cured !! Right Toad ?? "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Al Gore, Vice President
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