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A parent who was named in a lawsuit last month has charged that the instruction about homosexual sex at Fistgate was not about AIDS or HIV "prevention" as claimed by the lesbian plaintiffs.

He says that the purpose of the Conference was to "incite and indoctrinate minors into experimenting with, and practicing homosexual and sadomasochistic sex, and promoting a radical gay agenda for grammar schools, middle schools and high schools."

These accusations were made in documents filed in Suffolk County Superior Court by Atty. Chester Darling of "Citizens for the Preservation of Constitutional Rights" for the parent who did the taping of the Conference, Scott Whiteman. The court documents say that the Conference was "a public event, open to the public and conducted in a public forum."

The charges were contained in Whiteman’s "Answer" to the suit filed by lawyers at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, which represents one of the lesbian teachers who was fired by the state as a result of the Conference and a lesbian student who attended. They claim that Whiteman violated the state wiretap laws.

Whiteman says their suit is an attempt to stop the distribution of the tape he made at the Conference because the plaintiffs don’t want parents to discover "that their minor children are being exposed to illegal instruction in sadomasochistic/homo-

sexual practices that can put their children at risk of sexually transmitted diseases that are life threatening."

His attorney also raised the following points as to why the suit is invalid:

• If a person reports child abuse, he shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action for the report, according to state law.

• The defense of others requires that any reasonable person should intervene, publish and petition government officials in order to expose the prurient contents of the GLSEN workshops, thereby effectuating the protection of minors from being taught sadomasochistic practices that are life threatening to the said minors.

• The action was protected by the First Amendment.

• Whiteman was acting as a private Attorney General to protect a compelling governmental and public interest, the care and protection of the children of the Commonwealth and his actions were lawful, justified and privileged.

• He demands a trial by jury.

• The action against him is a SLAPP suit which is prohibited under Chap. 231, Sect. 59H, in order to prevent meritless lawsuits brought by large, private interests to deter common citizens from exercising their political and legal rights or to punish them for doing so.

The attorney representing the other parent, Brian Camenker, is Evan Slavitt of Gadsby and Hannah.

The Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders have amended their original Complaint and are now asking Judge Allan van Gestel to make the gag order "permanent" and to continue it against everyone except the press.

The homosexual group, however, is no longer asking for punitive damages. They have also lowered their demand for damages (if there was a violation of the wiretap statute) to those obtainable under the statute, which would be $100 per day of violation or $1000, whichever is higher.
 
 
 

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