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report released by
the Family Research
Council claiming gay men
are avid child abusers is
“ met hodol ogi cal l y
unsound, totally lacking
in credibility and a bla
tant attempt to forward a
homophobic agenda in
the name of research,”
critics said May 31.
“The American people
must recognize this so-
called report for what it
truly is: nothing more than
hateful, pathetic and mis
leading propaganda that
has little to no basis in fact,”
said Lorri L. Jean, National
Gay and Lesbian Task
Force executive director.
Police arrest a Soulforce protester June 12 outside the A m erica’s
“Its solitary goal is to create
Center in St. Louis
an atmosphere of hate
Those arrested outside were charged with
while capitalizing on tragic events unfolding with
two city ordinance violations and released after
in the Catholic Church.”
a few hours. Bond was set at $200, and court cost
As proof of its claim that gay men account for
will he added.
one-third of all child abuse cases, the report cites
A total of 200 Soulforce participants had
only a single study conducted by Kurt Freund and
lined the entrances to the center and cheered
published in the Journal o f Sex Research. However,
while
the arrests were being made. A banner
contrary to the council’s blatant misrepresentations,
reading, “Southern Baptist Teachings Are
he actually found “homosexuals are no more likely
Killing G ods Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans
than heterosexuals to he attracted to children.”
gender Children” was displayed prominently for
“It is astounding that an organization that
all those who were watching.
claims to promote Christian values can with
such hostility and willfulness spread lies about a
MONTANA '
group of people,” Jean said. “This is moré than
' he Montana University System is engaged
offensive; it’s dangerous.”
in a “desperate and cynical” attempt to
H omosexuality and Child A buse was written by
keep a state court from hearing a civil rights law
council staffer Dr. Timothy J. Dailey, who is not
suit on behalf of gay and lesbian employees who
a medical doctor or psychiatrist hut holds a Ph.D.
can’t get health insurance and other benefits for
in religion. “This report distorts the facts and
their families, according to attorneys.
deliberately cited research out of its proper con
In legal papers filed June 6, the American Civil
text in an effort to advance the...anti-gay polit
Liberties Union urged judges to deny an effort to
ical agenda,” said Wayne Besen, Human Rights
have the case dismissed. The brief disputes the
Campaign associate communications director.
university’s arguments that the court can’t extend
The council has a long history of producing
equal benefits without legalizing gay marriage and
misleading and disreputable “studies” spreading
that the Legislature should decide whether same-
lies about gay and lesbian people. The 1999
sex couples are entitled to equal treatment.
report H om osexual Activists’ W ork Is to N orm al-
“T h e University of M ontana System’s
ize Sex with Boys relied heavily on discredited
Regents clearly need to sit in on some freshman
psychologist Paul Cameron, who proposed “the
extermination of homosexuals” at a 1985 con
governm ent classes,” said S cott C richton,
A C LU of Montana executive director. “The
servative conference and has called for tattooing
role
of courts is to interpret our Constitution
people with AIDS and castrating homosexuals.
and make sure all of us are treated equally under
the law. Our clients deserve their day in court,
MISSOURI
which is what we’re fighting for today.”
dozen protesters were arrested June 12 when
they took their message opposing Southern
Crichton said the university is “waving gay
marriage in front of the court like a red cape in
Baptist Convention anti-gay teachings to the flexor
front of a hull” to deflect attention from the fact
of its annual meeting at the America’s Center in
that its denial of equal health benefits effective
St. Louis. An additional 38 people were taken into
ly compensates gay employees less for doing the
custody while trying to enter the venue.
same
work as straight employees— and directly
The Rev. Mel White, Soulforce co-founder
conflicts with explicit rights in the Montana
and director, sent a letter May 23 to convention
Constitution. “If we prevail once this case is
president James Merritt asking him to denounce
heard, lesbian and gay employees will be able to
the anti-gay rhetoric of Alabama Supreme Court
buy health insurance for their families the same
Chief Justice Roy Mixtre, a Southern Baptist.
way straight employees do, hut the state’s mar
The correspondence stated that nonviolent pro
riage laws will he unchanged.”
testers would dismpt the meeting if he refused.
“For three years we have tried to get James
TEXAS
Merritt to hear our stories, to consider the evi
he U .S. Supreme Court declined June 3 to
dence that shows that homosexuality is not a |
sickness and not a sin,” said the Rev. Jimmy
hear an appeal from Texas authorities who
claimed
a man received adequate representation
Creech, Soulforce board chairman. “Because of
from a public defender who slept through sub
the suffering caused by their teachings, we were
stantial portions of the trial, which was tainted
compelled to carry our message into the South
with anti-gay bias. Calvin Burdine’s 1984 con
ern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting."
viction was overturned three years ago.
Creech and the 11 other people arrested
inside the center were booked on a felony
The American Civil Liberties Union’s brief in
charge of ethnic intimidation and a mis
the appeal also argued that the trial was tainted
with homophobia from the prosecuting attorney.
demeanor trespassing charge. The felony charge
In the final moments of his closing argument, he
was dropped, and they were allowed to go on
argued that life imprisonment is a less severe pun-
their own recognizance.
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