Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. et al v. Camdenton R-III School District et al

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REPLY SUGGESTIONS to motion re 6 MOTION for preliminary injunction filed by Mark S. Sableman on behalf of Plaintiffs Campus Pride, Inc., Dignity, Inc., Jane Doe, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 1A, # 3 Exhibit 1B, # 4 Exhibit 1C, # 5 Exhibit 2A, # 6 Exhibit 2B, # 7 Exhibit 3, # 8 Exhibit 4, # 9 Exhibit 5, # 10 Exhibit 6, # 11 Exhibit 7, # 12 Exhibit 8, # 13 Exhibit 9, # 14 Exhibit 10)(Related document(s) 6 ) (Sableman, Mark)

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The ACLU filed suit against the Camdenton School District claiming its computer system blocks lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender informational websites but allows access to sites that condemn homosexuality.
The district says it all comes down to proper procedure.

"It shouldn't even be a pact of education," say a group of parents waiting for the start of the second special meeting of

the Camdenton School Board in as many weeks.
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30 years," says camdenton resident Sara Reiter.

"When I was in high school I found myself on my own time, not on school time," the group argues.
"I've had students in school not sure what their orientation was and a little bit of access to accurate information
might have helped them discover who they are," Reiter counters.

The arguments on both sides were impassioned but fell on deaf ears Wednesday night.
"The ACLU is not a topic on our agenda Wednesday- just this policy."
"This policy" outlines how to petition the Camdenton School District to unblock a blocked site, and block an
unblocked site.

"We're not changing practices. These are some of the same practices we've had in place for seven years," explains
Camdenton Superintendent Tim Hadfield.
But never written down in entirety, until Wednesday.

The Camdenton School Board won't discuss publicly-- the ACLU lawsuit that claims its internet filter blocks some
homosexual support websites.
The district's attorney tells us-- privately-- the ACLU didn't follow procedure.

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"We wrote to them and they refused to change how they do business," Tony Richert, attorney for the ACLU of

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Mickes claims the district unblocked some of the sites in question using the procedure just put in print.

But the suit still stands, and parents are wondering when they'll be heard.
"A community forum, community meeting- there needs to be a community debate," they tell us.

Right now, though, all the decisions about the lawsuit are made in executive or closed session.

Mickes tells us the district will file a response to the ACLU's request for a preliminary injunction and a motion to
dismiss the suit either Thursday or Friday.
His St. Louis County based firm represents about 300 school districts in Missouri and Illinois, and he's won against
the ACLU in federal court before.

The ACLU brief against Camdenton cites a 1982 US Supreme Court decision.

Nearly 30 years ago the majority held that the first amendment puts limits on a local school board's authority to
remove books from the school libraries.

Camdenton is the only district facing a lawsuit - but they're not alone. We found a map on the ACLU website; it
shows all the other states that have been targeted by the group.
Click here to view the map.
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