Stacey Stevens: Is this the Sort of Person to be Leading the Battle for Adoptee Rights?
The following is the correspondence between BN MidAtlantic Regional Director and DE Coalition member Stacey Stevens.
First, CK's response to having been told that the bill was to be amended at the very last minute to include a disclosure veto for birthmothers.
Dear Supporters of HB 522
This is PRECISELY the kind of amendment I was speaking of in my
last
post. This is what is referred to as a disclosure veto and is
totally
unacceptable to Bastard Nation as it does not acknowledge our
unconditional right to our own birth records. I have had
Carolyn's word
-- in writing -- that this bill would be pulled rather than
compromise
with this type of amendment. If you go ahead with this, Bastard
Nation
and I personally will consider ourselves to have been betrayed,
and
believe me, you don't want us angry at you. That is not a threat,
it is
a promise. This will be the reason for the entire nation to know
just why
BN will not ever again support any open records bill unless we
are in
control of it. I don't think you want to be held responsible for
that.
If you think you could have gotten as far as you did without us,
you are
mistaken. To betray us at the last moment, just to get the bill
passed,
is unconscienable.
CK
Cynthia Bertrand Holub
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director
Bastard Nation
www.bastards.org
The response of Stacey Stevens, cc:ed to the entire DE Coalition email list:
From: Adoptee <Adoptee@dol.net>
To: cynthia kathryn bertrand holub <cindybh@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Amendment
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:28:26 -0400
Dear Cynthia-
First is Carolyn gave you her assurances in writing then she was
mistaken
they were not hers to give. There were more people involved and
hers
wasn't the only voice to be reckoned with.
Second we are doing what is in the best interest of all involved
by
letting this amendment through. If bastard nation no longer will
help any other
state let me say from the bottom of my heart thank you. Your
organization
has been nothing but an embarasment to those of us trying to get
our
rights recognized. As far as your threats of being the ones
respondsible for BN
not joining any other state. We now have it in writing will you
really stand
by your decision. I believe that most will thank us.
As far as bastard nation being respondsible for the state of
delaware
listening and passing the bill thus far keep patting yourself on
your
preverbial back, because you were never invited nor wanted by the
majority of us that has been fighting for our rights. The one
person you represented
never deemed it necessary to show up to any of the hearings. That
person
may wish to pat you on your preverbial back but don't look for
the rest of
us. Your presence was barely tolerated by us and the legislators
of this
state.
You know when your organization first came out I felt you were
one of the
best sources for information, I didn't particularly like your
politics
but to each his own. Now that I have first hand been exposed to
your politics I
really don't like it but was polite in my dealings with you,
everyone has
a right to his or her own opinions on the issues. But to
threaten, "and
believe me, you don't want to make us angry at you", you
have shown to
me that your organization cares not for the adoptees that we are
fighting
for the rights of, but only of the prestege and notariety that
comes with
jumping into a fight. Your organization has in fact become
nothing better than
the NCFA.
Stacy Stevens
Reply of Damsel Plum, BN Executive Committee member:
Dear CK and Delaware lobbyists,
Duly noted. The degree of calumny, illiteracy and arrogant
ignorance in
Stacey's letter was indeed appalling and I can only hope that
this calibre
of individual is but an abberation in the overall lobbying scheme
there in
Delaware. I trust it is.
You can be sure that outrage against any disclosure vetoes will
flood the
emails, faxes and phone lines of Delware Senators all day
tomorrow.
Good evening, friends.
Yours most sincerely,
Damsel Plum
Co-founder & Publications Chair
BASTARD NATION http://www.bastards.org
ACTION ALERT! http://www.bastards.org/alert/
Ringmistress, The Adoption Ring
300+ Select All-Triad Adoption Webpages
http://www.plumsite.com/adoptionring/
Outreach Director, RegDay
The Adoption Registration Coalition
http://www.RegDay.org/
Stacey Replies:
Dear Ms. Plum,
I wrote in responds to a threatening letter by one of your
representatives to
myself and others fighting for the rights of all adoptees in the
state of
delaware. I felt her letter was uncalled for and stated my
opinion as to the
nature of your organization's roll in all of this.
The responds I have recieved from both your organizations
representative and
yourself do nothing to change my feelings about your organization
and the so
called power that your organization claims. You have personally
attacked me,
and your representative has threated me bodily harm for stating
no more than
my opinions of the threatening letter she sent. If disagreeing
with your
organization is against the law please provide the proof that I
need.
Stacy Stevens
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