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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
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 04:43:06 1985
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(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
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