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Analysis Does Atty. Gen. Tom Reilly Realize This?
By Atty. J. Edward
Pawlick, Publisher When MassNews burst onto the scene three
years ago, it was because we had just distributed a 28-page
pamphlet to 15,000 schools and churches titled, An
Intelligent Discussion About Homosexuality, Will Massachusetts
Listen? We were concerned about what the schools
were teaching about homosexuality. Our article received top billing on every
Boston television news show on Thursday, January 21, 1999 even
though we had sent nothing to the press. They
were like lemmings as they all jumped on the story at the same
time. Chet Curtis said on Channel 5 that we had
created a “firestorm of controversy across the state,” and
Channel 7 said it was their “Top Story.” Their immediate reaction was one of
confusion. They wanted to believe they had found a terrible
“hater” right here in Massachusetts who had just rode in
from Wyoming. That would be a big and exciting story. But they knew better because I was well
known in the state as an excellent lawyer with no hate for
anyone. So they settled with the epithet that we
were “anti-gay,” which is actually libelous because it is
an inaccurate statement that implies that we have a dislike of
people who are homosexuals. The Boston Globe’s article the
following morning was cautiously inflammatory with the
headline, Gays say
Sherborn lawyer sent ‘hate mail.’
But the Globe set the tone thereafter for all the
media as they settled on calling us “anti-gay.” It’s
Tom Reilly’s Problem Now The problem of whether we will protect
our children is now in the lap of Atty. Gen. Tom Reilly. He has a serious dilemma as he ponders
the very real problem of child molesters.
He can see that the Boston Globe did a
remarkable 180-degree turn this year as it revealed the
terrible impact of sexual molesters on innocent children. But
the Globe has done so despite its core beliefs. It wishes to
limit the discussion only to the Catholic church. The serious problem with molesters was
first brought to Reilly’s attention two years ago. It
resulted from Fistgate where Brian Camenker and Scott Whiteman
taped the scandal. They tried to get Reilly’s attention at
the time but were unsuccessful. The Globe bottled-up the truth
about Fistgate. But MassNews and Jeanine Graf alerted the
entire state to what happened to innocent children there. Even
the teachers at that scandal said publicly afterward that we
had caused serious problems for their movement across the entire
country. But the Globe is not going to keep the
genie in the bottle any longer after the unprecedented
coverage they have given to the terrible molestation of boys.
And after what is bubbling-up around the state.
• Amherst - Amherst High School was “outed” this January when it was reported that its principal was a homosexual who had just molested a student and had a past record of molesting children in California. The officials at that extreme liberal school were attempting a cover-up of their problem. His young, adopted son was removed from the home in Amherst by the DSS after the scandal broke. Despite all that, the high school does not appear to have learned. It is now offering a new course on gay and lesbian literature. Although it is billed as a “literature” course, it’s clear that this will be just another indoctrination course with stories written by homosexuals about their wonderful life experiences and how they cope with the “homophobes” in their lives. The teacher is a lesbian who wants to “make it clear that gay and lesbian people will be respected, celebrated and recognized in our curriculum.” One
17-year-old girl told the local paper that she
is creating a monologue for the course about a woman
recollecting her first lesbian experience. Any parent will
wonder exactly what is included in a “first lesbian
experience” at the English department of this high school. • Lexington – Parents in Lexington are upset to discover
there has been a cover-up about an unidentified employee at
Fiske Elementary School. He has been asking “explicit
questions” of boys “about their bodies,” according to
Friday’s Globe. And this school
is also attempting a cover-up. After the matter
was first raised in September by two boys, the employee was
placed on leave and then reinstated. The Superintendent,
Joanne Benton, decided there was insufficient evidence of
harassment, writing in a letter, “at worse, it rises to the
level of inappropriate remarks …” But now at least
nine more boys have reported harassment, ranging from improper
comments to being watched in the bathroom. The Superintendent
is still investigating six months later. The last Superintendent was fired in April 2001 without any reason being given. Over 250 parents had crowded into a special school committee meeting a few months after Fistgate to discover what the schools were teaching about homosexuality. The parents became further alarmed after their children brought home bulletins announcing that the Lexington Schools were co-sponsoring a pro-homosexual seminar called “Respecting Differences” which clearly violated the U.S. Constitution because it was sponsored by the Unitarian Church. After that, Superintendent Pat Ruane announced at a School Committee meeting that the schools would “expand the notion of what diversity is all about” by training teachers to handle questions and issues about gay families. One parent asked Ruane what a teacher would do if a child declared to his classmates that only a mother and father can be a family. What if he said his parents told him it was so? Would the child be told he is wrong, thereby undermining parental teaching? “That is not a thing we could ignore,” the parent was told. “The teacher would tell the child there are all types of families.” Ruane was abruptly fired a few months later in a move that stunned Lexington residents. The School Committee said at the time in a press release: “The School Committee wishes to assure the entire school community that this action was not taken as a result of any illegal or unethical conduct on the part of Dr. Ruane.” But they never did tell why she was fired. The present Superintendent, Joanne Benton, who was Director of Elementary Education, was immediately named Interim Superintendent. Now the parents discover that a molester is operating in their school without concern from the officials. Newton – The citizens in Newton are finally getting the message that they should be worried about their schools, according to a front page story in the Globe in February. It was reported that much of the concern is about not having enough money. But then the Globe wrote, “Other reasons for the unrest are the recent public debates between [Superintendent Jeffrey] Young and conservative parents … a handful of parents have pulled their children out of Newton schools, disturbed at what they call premature – and open – discussions of sexuality.” If those parents are going to the great effort of removing their children from the schools, think of how many other parents must also be concerned. Two weeks earlier, the Globe had run an opinion piece from one parent, Sam Washburn, who moved his family with three children out of town to the Andover schools. Washburn wrote, “The attitude of the people in the Newton schools is arrogant and intolerant, and their social agenda is hurting the academic quality.” His advice to Newton residents, parents, real estate agents and business owners. “Wake up and do something. The word is getting out.” And it is MassNews that has helped in “getting out” the word. Everyone
knows about the indoctrination of children at the Newton
schools, largely because of the courage of one outraged
parent, Brian Camenker, who became active in 1994. Washburn
thought that a more “moderate” approach than Camenker to
the problem might be in order. But he was immediately
castigated by columnist Eileen McNamara the day before his
first meeting was scheduled. As a result mostly homosexual
activists showed. Washburn finally packed his family and left
in disgust for Andover. Camenker is still in Newton,
attempting to alert the city and the state to what is
happening. Does
Tom Reilly have any curiosity about how deep the molestation vein
runs in Amherst, Lexington, Newton and other schools of the Commonwealth?
He better have or he will surely become the Cardinal Law of the
Massachusetts schools.
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