Commission Advises Selectmen To Pull Out Of No Place For Hate Progra

COMMISSION ADVISES SELECTMEN TO PULL OUT OF NO PLACE FOR HATE PROGRAM
By Cassie Norton

Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
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Sept 7 2007

Belmont, Mass. – The Human Rights Commission voted unanimously to
recommend to the Board of Selectmen that Belmont withdraw from the
No Place for Hate Program and sever all ties with the Anti-Defamation
League Thursday night.

The committee cited the ADL’s failure to unambiguously recognize
the Armenian Genocide and its continued opposition to Congressional
resolutions recognizing the genocide of hundreds of thousands Armenians
in the early 20th century.

Town Administrator Tom Younger said the HRC will be on the agenda
for the Sept. 17 selectmen meeting, unless the board decides otherwise.