Letter About Fistgate Circulates at Inauguration

Letter About Fistgate
Circulates at Inauguration

What Is Wrong in Massachusetts?

This letter about Fistgate caused a stir at the Inauguration over the
weekend. It was distributed to many in attendance who were informed by
Camenker that the homosexual activists "intend to ruin us in any way they
can."

The letter caused consternation as even more people across the nation
wondered what is happening in Massachusetts under this Republican governor.
Does no one care what is being done to these whistleblowers?

January 23, 2001

Parents Rights Coalition
of Massachusetts
PO Box 175, Newton, MA 02466
781-433-7106
fax: 781-899-0992
email: office@ParentsRightsCoalition.org
www.ParentsRightsCoaltion.org

Dear David:

Scott Whiteman and I now have accumulated personal legal debts of over $40,000, even though our lawyers are donating most of their time. They tell us that it will easily double or even triple before this is finished. We are being sued by the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, a publicly funded (!) legal group. Our "crime" was uncovering and exposing unspeakable acts that gay state employees were doing to schoolchildren. They have said that they intend to ruin us in any way they can.

As you know, we are both parents of young children. In December 1999, Scott spoke before the state Board of Education and told them that terrible things were going on in their "gay tolerance" public school programs. The Board ridiculed him and suggested that he was just being "homophobic."

The tapes
In March 2000, the State of Massachusetts collaborated with the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a national homosexual organization aimed at children, and put on a "teaching conference" for public school teachers and children from around the state. Teachers were given state development credits for attending. Children were bussed in from their home districts.

The aim of this conference was to show and encourage teachers how to promote homosexuality in all levels of the public school system, starting in kindergarten. The description of the workshops was quite frightening.

A tape recording was secretly made of two of the workshops, chosen at random. What was on those tapes was utterly beyond belief. They involved homosexual state employees and children – demonstrating sexual acts to the children that are so gross and disgusting that I cannot repeat them here. It went on and on. (A description is available at http://www.massnews.com/fistrep.htm).

The Reaction
The tape was made available by us to the public. It caused an incredible uproar. People got physically sick listening to it. A Boston radio station, then several TV stations, played some excerpts from it. The Department of Education at first denied involvement – but then ended up firing two of their employees who were involved. (That tape is still available free to anyone emailing their name and address to: tapes@massnews.com).

This also received national attention. Parts of the tape were played on Fox national TV shows "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Hannity & Colmes." Scott and I were interviewed on dozens of radio stations across the country. An article about us appeared in The Weekly Standard, we were also written up in National Review, the New York Post and many other newspapers. National commentators such as Michael Medved and Nat Hentoff commented on the horrific nature of what was happening.

Immediately the Boston area gay community went into a panic. "This is the smoking gun," said Bay Windows, the Boston gay newspaper. They became enraged and vowed to punish and ruin me and Scott in whatever way they could. GLSEN sent Scott a letter threatening civil and criminal prosecution unless he destroyed all copies of the tape and did not distribute it.

Reaction by state government
The Department of Education stonewalled as much as they could, and refused to comment, but public pressure forced them to fire two of those involved. However, the tape was distributed to each member of the Massachusetts Legislature. Members who heard it were stunned. Liberal legislators did their best to downplay it.

But Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci – an ardent backer of homosexual programs aimed at children (although he's a Republican) – stood by all the programs currently in place. He refused to even consider changing the funding or removing the officials in charge. His chief policy advisor (former head of the national Log Cabin Republicans) said that Cellucci would consider it a waste of his time even to speak to parents, since his mind was made up.

The gag order
The gay activists sprung into action. They used a little-known wiretapping law written for organized crime and twisted its meaning to accuse Scott and me of committing crimes. They found a friendly judge in May, who immediately imposed a gag order.

This was no ordinary gag order. It included not only me and Scott, but the Boston media and the entire Massachusetts Legislature! They could not even discuss the tape, much less play it or make copies of it. The judge declared in his hearing that he interpreted the law such that if we had "secretly" taped the Massachusetts Legislature in its session, sitting in the balcony, we would still be acting criminally!. (And the judge has not, to this day, as far as we know, listened to the tapes himself.)

It was so outrageous that Alan Dershowitz declared on the radio that it is "a sad day for the First Amendment."

Ten days later the judge was forced to lift most of the gag order. Scott, me, and parents in Massachusetts were still legally restrained from copying or distributing the tape, or even discussing what is on the tape. But since the gag order on the media was lifted, the Massachusetts News offers the tape free to anyone who asks.

The lawsuit
The Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, which receives public funding in Massachusetts, has since used a full-court press to sue Scott and me for "unspecified" damages. They got one of the fired state workers and a student who allegedly was at the taped session to sue us for various violation of privacy offenses. And in the process, they are dragging it out as much as they can, so our legal fees will go as high as possible.

Famed civil rights lawyer Harvey Silverglate was quoted in The Weekly Standard saying that in his opinion there was no way that Scott and I can get a fair trial in Massachusetts, given the extreme liberal disposition of the judiciary here.

Alan Keyes comes to Boston
On July 25, 2000, Ambassador Alan Keyes came to Boston at our invitation to address a rally on our behalf. He spoke passionately to a packed crowd from the grand staircase inside the State Legislature. He was joined by the Republican House leader and many others. From there he went to Governor Paul Cellucci's office to appeal to him. Gov. Cellucci refused to speak with Dr. Keyes, although he was in his office. But afterwards, Dr. Keyes was invited into the (Democratic-controlled) House of Representatives, where he was given a standing ovation.

Recent developments
This past fall GLSEN held a fundraising event – a cross-dressing party at a Boston area hotel – to raise even more money for their fight against us. We've been told that the gay community came up with nearly $200,000 for them to go after us.

And now the other fired state employee has joined in the lawsuit against us. This was timed so that Scott and I will have to spend a lot more money in our defense.

We need help

We ask for your help and the help of anyone you can find. We are regular working people. We cannot even begin to pay these enormous legal bills. We have started a legal defense fund.

I really appreciate all the moral support you have given us so far. With God's help, we will survive this fight to fight some more.

Sincerely,

Brian Camenker
Parents Defense Fund
c/o Parents Rights Coalition
PO Box 175
Newton, MA 02466