Yoo: This is correct (and I have made a note that effect on my web site) at http://www.acadian.org/apology.html ... the newspaper article is in error. Yvon At 09:28 PM 12/6/2003 -0600, Cajun wrote: >One additional point. Lucie recently posted a reminder that no Acadians >were actually deported to Louisiana. The first Acadians arrived in >Louisiana in 1764 from New York after the war had ended and the Acadians >had been given 18 months to leave the colonies. Others who had been >imprisoned in Acadia and those who were in the colonies and the West >Indies entered Louisiana between 1765-1770. In 1785, those who had been >exiled to England and sent to France in 1763 and those who had been sent >to France directly in 1758-1759 were allowed to go to Louisiana.

Go to http://www.acadiananow.com/news/html/ for the news articles Place gallet gay in search field for the articles. Paul P.C. Piazza <mailto:ppiazza@theadvertiser.com>/The Lafayette Daily Advertiser Lafayette School Board President David Thibodaux, left, and Superintendent James Easton listen Tuesday during a School Board work session. LAFAYETTE -- The superintendent of the Lafayette Parish School District said Tuesday that a 7-year-old child was not disciplined for using the word "gay" to describe his mother and vowed that the district would not apologize. "An apology is not due," Superintendent James Easton said Tuesday. "The child was not singled out because his parent is gay." The American Civil Liberties Union publicly demanded in a letter Monday that district officials apologize to the boy and his mother and hinted at filing a lawsuit if the district didn't comply. Sharon Huff, the child's parent, said she contacted the ACLU after her son came home with disciplinary reports stating he was overheard saying "bad words" to another student. "We have a high regard for freedom of expression, and we value diversity," Easton said. "It would surprise me if that accusation is accurate." He also strongly denied that the child was made to write repeatedly, "I will never use the word 'gay' in school again," as described in the ACLU complaint. The ACLU stood behind its statement. Easton said the child, who is a second-grader at Ernest Gallet Elementary School, shouldn't be punished for using a term that describes sexual orientation. The Daily Advertiser is not identifying the child because he is a juvenile. "Of course not. He can't be disciplined for using the term 'gay,' " he said, adding that "he could be disciplined for describing bedroom antics, something that was personal, that took place at home." Easton also said Tuesday that the child was actually sent to a behavioral clinic a week later because he was disrupting the classroom and not completing a classroom assignment. "I can't imagine an adult saying that to a child, let alone a 10-year teacher," Easton said. "There are some other issues here." Huff said no one informed her that her child was disruptive, and there was no paperwork indicating he was being troublesome in class. Documents sent home to the mother, which were prepared by teacher Terry T. Bethea, stated that the boy told another child his "mom is gay" and explained that meant "when a girl likes a girl." She wrote that it was not acceptable in her classroom. In a section asking the teacher to describe the behavior, she didn't indicate that the child was using profane language or otherwise disrupting the classroom. She marked "other," and clarified if with remarks about the child's reference to his mother's sexual orientation. The report, dated Nov. 11, does say it was the second time the child had been cited for inappropriate behavior, and Assistant Principal Nicholas Thomas recommended the child attend a one-hour behavior class the following week. A note written on a student behavior report also stated, "He explained to another child that you are gay (underlined twice) and what being gay means." Bethea, who came to the door of her home Tuesday evening, referred comment to Gallet Elementary Principal Virginia Bonvillain. Bonvillain did not return telephone calls seeking comment. School officials also said that Huff did not show up for a parent/teacher conference to discuss her son's behavior. Huff said a conference was set for Nov. 12, the day after her son was initially disciplined, but when she arrived at the school she was told the assistant principal was out sick. "They said he had the flu," Huff said. "He called me later and didn't know if I had showed up or not." The conference was never rescheduled, she said. Easton confirmed the conference did not take place. The superintendent said he expected the principal to call the parent to talk to her about the incident. Easton said early Tuesday that he couldn't explain why the district did not have the documentation to support the real reasons for the child's discipline. He later said, before an afternoon workshop, that Huff hadn't been given the full report. He said he couldn't release the additional documents to the media, because they involved the discipline of a child and would violate child privacy laws. School board members said Tuesday that they want residents to wait before passing judgment. And with the exception of one member, they fully supported the administration and its handling of the incident. "I feel like any discussion by a child of a parent's sexual orientation is inappropriate for children that age," School Board President David Thibodaux said. "I would not want my children discussing sexuality with their friends." Board member Ricky Hardy, however, said the school should make amends. "There is no question about it. They should apologize to the mother and the kid and they should do it publicly," Hardy said. "It was an adult mistake and we should be responsible enough to make the right choices." See also: Washington Post Article <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29820-2003Dec2.html>

Don't think it is associated with other Tribune referenced. He is a syndicated. His bio. and the article are on Tribune Media Services website. So it is not just one city. Paul Write David D. Williams President and CEO Tribune Media Services Corporate Headquarters: 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60611 ASCalman@aol.com wrote: > This is one of the Copley Newspapers; David C. Copley is the Publisher (g-son > of founder, rides the coattails of his mother who succeeded her husband when > he died.) > > Don't think it is associated with other Tribune referenced. > > Below are contact email, address, phone numbers: > > Letters to the Editor > Letters Editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune., PO Box 120191, San Diego, CA, > 92112-0191, or fax (619) 260-5081, or e-mail: <A HREF="mailto:letters@uniontrib.com">letters@uniontrib.com</A>. > > We welcome all questions and comments. Please direct your e-mails to the > appropriate departments listed below. > > By e-mail > Letters to the Editor: <A HREF="mailto:letters@uniontrib.com">letters@uniontrib.com</A> > Reader's Representative: <A HREF="mailto:readers.rep@uniontrib.com">readers.rep@uniontrib.com</A> > > By mail > San Diego Union-Tribune P.O. Box 120191 > San Diego, CA 92112-0191 > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-cajun > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is one of the Copley Newspapers; David C. Copley is the Publisher (g-son of founder, rides the coattails of his mother who succeeded her husband when he died.) Don't think it is associated with other Tribune referenced. Below are contact email, address, phone numbers: Letters to the Editor Letters Editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune., PO Box 120191, San Diego, CA, 92112-0191, or fax (619) 260-5081, or e-mail: <A HREF="mailto:letters@uniontrib.com">letters@uniontrib.com</A>. We welcome all questions and comments. Please direct your e-mails to the appropriate departments listed below. By e-mail Letters to the Editor: <A HREF="mailto:letters@uniontrib.com">letters@uniontrib.com</A> Reader's Representative: <A HREF="mailto:readers.rep@uniontrib.com">readers.rep@uniontrib.com</A> By mail San Diego Union-Tribune P.O. Box 120191 San Diego, CA 92112-0191

The newspaper article was wrong in that it said some were sent to Louisiana. Why would the English send people to a Spanish colony? Some Acadians who were exiled to Penn. & Maryland came to Louisiana after the end of the French & Indian war. In 1785 they were joined by 1,596 other Acadians and spouces from France (The Seven Ships). This was probably the last major movement.of Acadians caused by the Grand Derangement. Also in 1764-1765 311 came to Louisiana from Halifax and in 1788 19 came from St. Pierre/Miquelon. Please see Brasseaux "Scattered to the Wind" for exact details Paul LeBlanc Yvon Cyr wrote: > Hey Fran et al: > > I agree... I believe the dates should be "between 1755 and 1763". > > Yvon > > At 09:02 PM 12/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >In a message dated 12/6/03 8:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > >cajun@acadian.org writes: > > > ><< The deportation occurred between 1775 and 1783, > > scattering French-speaking people into Maine and as far south as Louisiana. > > >> > > > > > >this is an odd statement! I wonder what the source was for this info.. does > >it mean the leaving of Acadians from France back where the British had > >forced > >some to go, others going on their own from other deportation sites, to North > >America ? > > > >Fran Wilcox > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-cajun > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

A Parish is the same as a county in other states.

Hey Fran et al: I agree... I believe the dates should be "between 1755 and 1763". Yvon At 09:02 PM 12/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 12/6/03 8:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >cajun@acadian.org writes: > ><< The deportation occurred between 1775 and 1783, > scattering French-speaking people into Maine and as far south as Louisiana. > >> > > >this is an odd statement! I wonder what the source was for this info.. does >it mean the leaving of Acadians from France back where the British had >forced >some to go, others going on their own from other deportation sites, to North >America ? > >Fran Wilcox

One additional point. Lucie recently posted a reminder that no Acadians were actually deported to Louisiana. The first Acadians arrived in Louisiana in 1764 from New York after the war had ended and the Acadians had been given 18 months to leave the colonies. Others who had been imprisoned in Acadia and those who were in the colonies and the West Indies entered Louisiana between 1765-1770. In 1785, those who had been exiled to England and sent to France in 1763 and those who had been sent to France directly in 1758-1759 were allowed to go to Louisiana. See Arrival of the Acadians on my site at http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm Stanley LeBlanc www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Yvon Cyr [mailto:cajun@acadian.org] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:02 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Acadians to get apology from Queen Elizabeth Hey Fran et al: I agree... I believe the dates should be "between 1755 and 1763". Yvon At 09:02 PM 12/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 12/6/03 8:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >cajun@acadian.org writes: > ><< The deportation occurred between 1775 and 1783, > scattering French-speaking people into Maine and as far south as Louisiana. > >> > > >this is an odd statement! I wonder what the source was for this info.. >does it mean the leaving of Acadians from France back where the >British had forced some to go, others going on their own from other >deportation sites, to North America ? > >Fran Wilcox ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -cajun This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thanks for the address Paul. I plan to send a letter because Mr. Press probably won't make the newspapers aware of the emails that he is getting. Tribune Media Services needs to make the editors of its chain responsible for reviewing Headlines. It is ironic that Mr. Press can make such derogatory comments about an entire ethnic group while claiming to be card-carrying memeber of the ACLU! Stanley LeBlanc www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul LeBlanc [mailto:paulleblanc@tulanealumni.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:49 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Go up the ladder If we don't get an apology maybe we should write. David D. Williams President and CEO Tribune Media Services Corporate Headquarters: 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60611 Paul ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -cajun This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 12/6/03 8:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, cajun@acadian.org writes: << The deportation occurred between 1775 and 1783, scattering French-speaking people into Maine and as far south as Louisiana. >> this is an odd statement! I wonder what the source was for this info.. does it mean the leaving of Acadians from France back where the British had forced some to go, others going on their own from other deportation sites, to North America ? Fran Wilcox

A Parish [used only in Louisiana] is the same as a County in other States. Youngsville is within Lafayette Parish but it isn't a suburb as the term is used for comunities surrounding large cities. Stanley -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Kosmakos (Duhon) [mailto:dawn@calliopeconsulting.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:28 PM To: Cajun Cc: Rootsweb Listserve Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style Hi Stanley, Actually, I believe it is part of Lafayette Parish. I am not sure if a parish is the same as a suburb though. http://www.enlou.com/maps/lafayette_map.htm Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Cajun [mailto:cajun@thecajuns.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 4:03 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style I should have mentioned to Mr. Press that Youngsville isn't a suburb of Lafayette! Stanley LeBlanc -----Original Message----- From: Don2717@aol.com [mailto:Don2717@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:01 PM To: cajun@thecajuns.com; ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style For your information: Youngsville, LA Town Population 2000: 3,992 Metro area: Lafayette Latitude: 30.099N Longitude: -91.99W Time zone: Central Standard ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -caj un This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Folks: Proclamation acknowledges deportation December 5, 2003; FRENCHVILLE, Maine- After nearly 250 years, Evangeline and Gabrielle, the immortalized heroes of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's tragic poem about the deportation of Acadians at the hands of the British, are getting their due. After more than a decade of trying to get Queen Elizabeth II of England to apologize for the ethnic cleansing brought about by the deportation of Acadians from Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, in 1755, the apology is being made. The deportation occurred between 1775 and 1783, scattering French-speaking people into Maine and as far south as Louisiana. Queen Elizabeth's apology comes through a back door by way of the Canadian Federal Cabinet, which approved the order this week. The proclamation will become official next week when it is signed by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the queen's representative in Canada. Balance of this article can be viewed on my web site at http://www.acadian.org/apology.html Enjoy. Yvon Cyr Acadian Genealogy Homepage

For your information: Youngsville, LA Town Population 2000: 3,992 Metro area: Lafayette Latitude: 30.099N Longitude: -91.99W Time zone: Central Standard

If we don't get an apology maybe we should write. David D. Williams President and CEO Tribune Media Services Corporate Headquarters: 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60611 Paul

Listers....originally I sent a Cc to the list, but as you can see, I had the wrong address in my address book. Here I have copied and pasted what I sent this afternoon, with Margy's approval. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anna Marie and Dennis Payne To: BillPress@aol.com Cc: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L-@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Your article on Child Abuse-Cajun Style Mr. Press: As a citizen of San Diego County, and of Acadian descent, I find your headline offensive and embarassing. You imply that this is the way Cajun's treat their children. In my experience, nothing could be further from the truth. Children were treasured. We were raised by an Acadian mother and there was never any hint of abuse. Our whole extended family was nothing but loving and caring to all the children. Have you checked for the names of these people...teacher and principal. How much research did you actually do to make sure they were "Cajun"? You certainly didn't show that in your article. Generalizing is not accurate news reporting. I also take exception to the flippant way you answered Mrs. Howard. Your article and response has cast a poor light on the San Diego Union-Tribune, and our fair city. I believe an apology is due to Mrs. Howard, and all Acadian/Cajuns as well. Sincerely, Ann Payne (of Acadian descent) Santee, CA.

Hi Stanley, Actually, I believe it is part of Lafayette Parish. I am not sure if a parish is the same as a suburb though. http://www.enlou.com/maps/lafayette_map.htm Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Cajun [mailto:cajun@thecajuns.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 4:03 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style I should have mentioned to Mr. Press that Youngsville isn't a suburb of Lafayette! Stanley LeBlanc -----Original Message----- From: Don2717@aol.com [mailto:Don2717@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:01 PM To: cajun@thecajuns.com; ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style For your information: Youngsville, LA Town Population 2000: 3,992 Metro area: Lafayette Latitude: 30.099N Longitude: -91.99W Time zone: Central Standard ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-caj un This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I should have mentioned to Mr. Press that Youngsville isn't a suburb of Lafayette! Stanley LeBlanc -----Original Message----- From: Don2717@aol.com [mailto:Don2717@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:01 PM To: cajun@thecajuns.com; ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Child abuse, Cajun-style For your information: Youngsville, LA Town Population 2000: 3,992 Metro area: Lafayette Latitude: 30.099N Longitude: -91.99W Time zone: Central Standard

Colonel, I agree with your concern re the Headline. Esther Comeau-Howard sent an email to Mr. Press to express her concern that someone of Mr. Press' stature would even consider such a headline and also to ask how he knows that the parties involved were Cajuns! He responded in a very flipant manner to Esther who sent the response to me. I'm posting the correspondence below at Esther's request and approval from Margy. I'm also posting my emails to Mr. Press. If you wish to send an email to Mr. Press, his email is billpress@aol.com I plan to send an email or letter to the San Diego Union Tribune and to any other newspaper that published the article. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com ***Esther Howard's email to Mr Press, his response and her response*** Subj: "Cajun-style" Date: 12/5/2003 9:14:34 PM Central Standard Time From: EstHoward To: Bill Press Esther Comeaux Howard (Of Acadian Descent) San Antonio, TX Sir, How do you define "Cajun?" Just because this happened in Louisiana doesn't mean that there was even one "Cajun" involved. Please know what you are talking about, before you start throwing words around. You're worse off then the kids that didn't know what "Gay" meant. ------------------------------------------------------------------- December 5, 2003 I have a confession to make: I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. That doesn't mean I always agree with that bunch of lefties. Concerned about the easy access for children, for example, I never bought into their broad defense of pornography on the Internet. But I stood up and applauded when they forced Roy Moore to move his monument to the Ten Commandments out of the Alabama state (State) courthouse. I love the Constitution. I treasure the Bill of Rights. I recognize that federal and state governments, under both Democratic and Republican leaders - and especially this administration - are constantly trying to chip away at our freedom. So I love the fact that there is one organization whose sole purpose, night and day, is to fight for and defend the basic rights of all Americans, liberal and conservative. Yes, even the rights of a 7-year-old kid from Louisiana. Here's one more case where the ACLU is dead right. Call it child abuse, Cajun-style. The ACLU's against it. We all should be. It happened at Gallet (Not a "Cajun" name) Elementary School in Youngsville, La. Second-grader Marcus McLaurin (Not a "Cajun" name) was lined up with his fellow students for recess when a friend asked about his mother and father. In a scene that's happening more and more in schoolyards across the country, Marcus said he didn't have a mother and father, he had two mothers. Understandably confused - remember, we're talking about two 7-year-olds here - his friend asked why he had two moms. Marcus said, because my mom is "gay." When his friend still didn't understand, Marcus explained: "Gay is when a girl likes another girl." Now, let's stop right there. If you ask me, this kid showed a lot of cool under fire. He also showed that he'd been taught by his mother how to deal with this situation. And that she'd given him just enough, but not too much, information: all a 7-year-old needed to know or tell other people. Seems to me both mother and son got it just right. But that's not how school officials reacted. His teacher berated him in front of the entire class, telling him "gay" was a bad word he should never say again - and sent him to the principal's office. From there he was sent to the school's behavioral problems clinic, where he was ordered to write 100 times: "I will never say the word 'gay' in school again." (What are their "Cajun" names?) What a horrible thing to do to that little kid! Publicly humiliated by his teacher in front of his classmates. And then forced to repudiate his mother in writing. He didn't even know what he had done wrong - and, in fact, he had done nothing wrong at all. How could an elementary school teacher and principal be so cruel, and so ignorant? (Are you impleying the "Cajuns" are ignorant?) (What are their "Cajun" names?) While poor little Marcus was being tortured, authorities (What are their "Cajun" names?) turned on his mother. She received a phone call saying her son was being punished for using a foul word: a word so foul, the principal told her, he dared not utter it over the phone. Marcus would bring home a note, he said, spelling out his crime. What planet are these people living on? In case school officials (What are their "Cajun" names?) in Youngsville, La., don't know it yet, "gay" is not a bad word. Neither is "homosexual." And neither is "lesbian." Enter the ACLU, with a very reasonable request. They're not demanding the teacher be fired, or the principal sent to jail. (What are their "Cajun" names?) They're simply requesting that the school erase this incident from Marcus' disciplinary record, that teachers never again prevent him from exercising his freedom of speech (or talking about his mom) and that school officials apologize to him and his mother. Frankly, I think the ACLU is letting them off the hook too easily. They should make two other demands of school officials. First, they should require the teacher and principal to spend a couple of days in New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Boston, Washington or any other American city where they might actually meet a real live gay man or lesbian and discover that they don't look any different, don't have horns and don't have one eye in the middle of their forehead. Then, on their way back to Youngsville, the chastened school officials (What are their "Cajun" names?) should have to write 1,000 times: "Gay is not a four-letter word." Let Marcus have his revenge. Copyright 2003 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ His response Subj: Re: "Cajun-style" Date: 12/6/2003 10:46:55 AM Central Standard Time From: Bill Press To: EstHoward Hey, lighten up. Lafayette, Baton Rouge and suburbs is definitely Cajun country. I've been there many times. And that is where this sad incident occurred. Bill Press @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ My response Subj: Re: "Cajun-style" Date: 12/6/2003 1:33:44 PM Central Standard Time From: EstHoward To: Bill Press You don't know it yet, but you have inflamed a lot of others of us. It may be "Cajun Country," but you need to find out what you are talking about before you generalize. Esther Comeaux Howard in San Antonio, TX ***my emails to Mr. Press*** Mr. Press: Your response to Mrs. Howard [copied below] seems a little flipant. She is making a good point. Lafayette and Youngsville are defintely Cajun Country but Baton Rouge isn't officially part of Acadiana or Cajun Country - it is part of The Plantation Parishes! Also, not everyone in Cajun Country is a Cajun. There are even some Texans there! Since you've been to "Cajun Country" you know that "child abuse" is not a built-in Cajun trait! The seriousness of the issue shouldn't be addressed lightly with words such as Child Abuse Cajun-Style which apparently is a subconcious derogatory statement on your part. I am a member of the Acadian-Cajun Mailing List which has thousands of members world-wide and the owner of a website on Acadian-Cajun-Louisiana Genealogy, History and Culture that has over 20,000 hits a month worldwide. I would be happy to post an apology from you on both re your inappropriate use of the term Cajun-Style. I'm sending a cc to Ms. Howard who is a very nice lady who is very proud of her Acadian-Cajun heritage; and to Ms. Bousman who is the Coordinator of the Acadian-Cajun Mailing List. Stanly LeBlanc A Cajun living in Dallas Texas ***2nd email*** Mr Press: The Acadian-Cajun Mailing List learned of your article in the San Diego Union Tribune. You didn't mention sending the teacher and the principal to San Diego. Aren't there any gays in San Diego? It would seem more appropriate that the teacher and principal be required to engage in a "sensitivity session" with the two gay mothers who are living right in their community. They may be from one of the cities you mention or from Houston, Dallas, San Diego, etc. etc... Stanley LeBlanc ***excerpt from your article*** Frankly, I think the ACLU is letting them off the hook too easily. They should make two other demands of school officials. First, they should require the teacher and principal to spend a couple of days in New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Boston, Washington or any other American city where they might actually meet a real live gay man or lesbian and discover that they don't look any different, don't have horns and don't have one eye in the middle of their forehead.

In a message dated 12/6/03 1:27:46 PM Central Standard Time, cajun@thecajuns.com writes: > The men > had initially been sentenced to death by hanging but O'Reilly agreed to > the firing squad. > > I was said that the reason the men were executed by firing squad was that the executioner or Hangman refused to hang the prominent white planters either out of respect of for fear of reprisals. Therefore O'Reilly had them executed by firing squad. A more noble death. Don

Bienville de Noyan and Jean-Baptiste de Noyan [Noyant] were 2 separate individuals. Both were involved with obtaining the aid of the Acadians in the Rebellion. Jean-Baptiste was executed by firing squad. The men had initially been sentenced to death by hanging but O'Reilly agreed to the firing squad. In other to those executed and imprisoned, some were exiled. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Doty [mailto:jadot@brainerd.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:43 AM To: Cajun; Acadian Research Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] The Rebellion of 1768 Also executed was Jean-Baptiste Anne Augustin De Bienville Payen-Noyan, the son-in-law of the Executed Nicolas Chauvin-Lafreniere and Marguerite Catherine Hubert-Bellair. Jean Baptiste was a great-nephew of Bienville. Nicolas and Marguertie Catherine were 1C1R through the Chauvin line (Marguerite's maternal grandmother was Michelle Chauvin, and her paternal grandmother was Barbe Chauvin) > From: "Cajun" <cajun@thecajuns.com> > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:09:24 -0600 > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] The Rebellion of 1768 > Resent-From: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 12:45:18 -0700 > > Some Acadians joined in the Rebellion of 1768, but none were executed > or imprisoned. > > The following individuals were executed by firing squad on October 25, > 1769: Nicolas Chauvin de la Freniere, Pierre Caresse, Pierre Marquis > and Joseph Milhet. > > Balthasar Mazan and Julien-Jerome Doucet received 10 years in prison; > and Jean Milhet, Pierre Poupet and Pierre Hardy de Boisblanc received > six years in prison. > > A good book on the 1768 Rebellion is "Denis-Nicolas Foucault and the > New Orleans Rebellion of 1768" by Carl A. Brasseaux. > > Stanley LeBlanc > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >