Friday, April 07, 2000
ACLU welcomes censorship foe
BY BEN L. KAUFMAN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
John E. Frohnmayer, a Bush appointee who ran the National Endowment for the Arts and became an outspoken opponent of censorship, will speak April 15 at the annual dinner of the Southwest Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.
The dinner is 6:30 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel Riverview in Covington.
Honorees will be Marc D. Mezibov, H. Louis Sirkin and Ralph Adams.
Lawyers Mezibov and Sirkin successfully defended the Contemporary Arts Center and Director Dennis Barrie against obscenity charges arising from the display of Robert Mapplethorpe photos 10 years ago.
Mr. Adams, a civics teacher at Felicity-Franklin High School, pro tested against clergy-led prayer planned for the 1993 graduation at Felicity-Franklin High School. He said it violated church-state separation.
Mr. Adams contacted the ACLU and the school canceled the prayer when the ACLU threatened to sue.
Mr. Frohnmayer, who became national endowment chairman in 1989, drew criticism from some liberals and artists for funding decisions when some conservatives attacked the art being supported.
He later wrote a book about his experiences, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior, and moved to Bozeman, Mont., to practice law.
Dinner tickets are $40. Anyone buying more than one ticket will pay $35 for remaining tickets.
For reservations — due by 5 p.m. Wednesday — call (216) 781-6277 or e-mail aclucle.en.com. There is no local number. Diners will pay at the door and pick up tickets they have reserved.
Tickets for the 8:30 p.m. program only are $15.
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