Re: Schlafly helped defeat ERA, supported Goldwater--where do I , sign up?

[Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>]

Keep in mind the BCFE comes from a traditional liberal bent. However, 
even though Schlafly is no friend of free speech as it relates to 
sexually explicit material, I welcome her participation in the wiretap 
debate. Privacy cuts across partisan lines.

I would love to have her column in the hands of some of the Republican
senators who will vote on the House wiretap bill or craft their own next
month.

-Declan



On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> At 1:53 PM 8/15/96, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> >Take a look at the Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression's list of
> >enemies of free expression. Excerpt follows.
> 
> 
> >Linkname: Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
> >Filename: http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/BCFE/bcfenatl.html#Schlafly
> >
> >   Phyllis Schlafly
> ....
> >   "Leading the pro-family movement to victories since 1972." Basic
> >   membership includes a subscription to The Phyllis Schlafly Report and
> >   costs $15.00. Mrs. Schlafly, whose husband Fred used to head the World
> >   Anti-Communist League, is the person considered most responsible for
> >   the defeat of the ERA. Her book A Choice Not an Echo, published in
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >   1964 to support the presidential aspirations of Barry Goldwater, is
>                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >   one of the seminal texts of contemporary American conservative
> >   politics.
> 
> So, she helped defeat the ERA and supported Goldwater. Sounds pretty good
> to me. From this excerpt, I'd call her a friend of liberty.
> 
> (Yes, I'm serious. Some of you find it hard to tell when I'm being
> completely serious and when I'm being facetious, so I thought I'd clarify
> this.)
> 
> --Tim May
> 
> Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software!
> We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed.
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