WBZ TV (CBS)
June 13 2009
Judge In Mass. Rejects Armenian Genocide Lawsuit
BOSTON (AP)
A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit that challenges state
Department of Education curriculum guidelines which characterize the
mass slaying of Armenians during World War I as genocide.
Some say the killings of Armenians by the Turks in 1915 wasn’t
genocide, but was driven by other factors, such as war.
In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf said the court had
no role in the contentious debate. He said state and local boards must
make most decisions on what is taught.
Attorney Arnold Rosenfeld, who represents the Armenian Assembly of
America, said the ruling reaffirmed the teaching of the Armenian
genocide.
But lawyer Harvey Silverglate, who filed the suit, said the curriculum
was developed — without opposing viewpoints — because of political
pressure, not educational merit.