Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site desint.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!desint!geoff From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.legal,net.politics Subject: Re: ACLU and Parent's Rights Message-ID: <119@desint.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 04:43:06 EDT Article-I.D.: desint.119 Posted: Mon Sep 30 04:43:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Oct-85 06:00:25 EDT References: <11821@rochester.UUCP> <1679@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Followup-To: net.legal Organization: SAH Consulting, Manhattan Beach, CA Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.kids:2128 net.legal:2415 net.politics:11314 (I'm moving this to net.legal; I don't really think it's necessary to bring it into 3 different groups.) In article <1679@umcp-cs.UUCP> mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes: >>>> When that 15 yr. old Russian boy wanted to stay in America and not leave >>>> the country with his parents several years ago, the ACLU said he must >>>> go back. > >If I remember correctly, the boy in question turned 18 over the summer, >throwing a tremendous monkey wrench into the case. The boy in question, Walter Povlochak, either just turned 18 or is about to. The ACLU's position has always been that a minor child has no right of free choice with respect to a place to live (even though they support a minor female's right to choose abortions). This whole case is causing tremendous controversy in the ACLU. There is a real conflict of rights here -- a parent's right to keep his children close to him, versus a child's right to freedom of choice. The ACLU heirarchy has sided with the parents, but there are a lot of members who disagree. Compared to the Povlochak case, Skokie was quiet! -- Geoff Kuenning ...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com