Post by pavel on Mar 1, 2016 2:40:13 GMT -6
GOP Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Gay Leader Over Privately Funded LGBTQ Safe Schools Conference
An Iowa Republican lawmaker is threatening to subpoena a gay-rights activist who's refusing to testify before a House panel that's investigating a safe schools conference for LGBTQ youth.
Anti-gay state Rep. Greg Heartsill (photo), who oversees the panel, sent a letter Thursday to the attorney who represents Iowa Safe Schools Executive Director Nate Monson. Iowa Safe Schools puts on the annual Governor's Conference on LGBTQ Youth, which drew more than 1,000 students, parents and teachers last year and is said to be the largest event of its kind in the nation. Despite its name, the conference is not funded by the governor's office nor by state tax dollars.
Monson is refusing to testify before the panel, which is looking into allegations from Bob Vander Plaats' anti-gay Family Leader group that the 11th annual conference in 2015 included sexually explicit content.
"I would entreat Mr. Monson one more time to reconsider the bi-partisan Panel's invitation to hear testimony from him regarding the April 3, 2015 Governor's Conference on LGBTQ Youth," Heartsill wrote in his letter to Monson's attorney, Nate Boulton, which was obtained by The New Civil Rights Movement. "I would like to draw your attention to Iowa Code sections 2.15 (1) (b) Powers and duties of standing committees and 2.23 Witness- attendance compulsory as you make your recommendation to Mr. Monson. I believe the best outcome for all involved is for Mr. Monson to fulfill his original agreement to meet voluntarily with the appropriate legislators to provide a response to the January 27 report."
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/iowa_lawmaker_threatens_to_subpoena_gay_activist_over_lgbtq_safe_schools_conference?recruiter_id=838695
An Iowa Republican lawmaker is threatening to subpoena a gay-rights activist who's refusing to testify before a House panel that's investigating a safe schools conference for LGBTQ youth.
Anti-gay state Rep. Greg Heartsill (photo), who oversees the panel, sent a letter Thursday to the attorney who represents Iowa Safe Schools Executive Director Nate Monson. Iowa Safe Schools puts on the annual Governor's Conference on LGBTQ Youth, which drew more than 1,000 students, parents and teachers last year and is said to be the largest event of its kind in the nation. Despite its name, the conference is not funded by the governor's office nor by state tax dollars.
Monson is refusing to testify before the panel, which is looking into allegations from Bob Vander Plaats' anti-gay Family Leader group that the 11th annual conference in 2015 included sexually explicit content.
"I would entreat Mr. Monson one more time to reconsider the bi-partisan Panel's invitation to hear testimony from him regarding the April 3, 2015 Governor's Conference on LGBTQ Youth," Heartsill wrote in his letter to Monson's attorney, Nate Boulton, which was obtained by The New Civil Rights Movement. "I would like to draw your attention to Iowa Code sections 2.15 (1) (b) Powers and duties of standing committees and 2.23 Witness- attendance compulsory as you make your recommendation to Mr. Monson. I believe the best outcome for all involved is for Mr. Monson to fulfill his original agreement to meet voluntarily with the appropriate legislators to provide a response to the January 27 report."
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/iowa_lawmaker_threatens_to_subpoena_gay_activist_over_lgbtq_safe_schools_conference?recruiter_id=838695