Why?
John Stossel was labeled a pedophile enabler because he aired AZU alum Petra Luna admitting on national television she harassed an individual and stated this person "deserved" to be harassed by her. (PS: Petra Luna was more than happy to make her "fine organization" look rather foolish on national television).
Sarah Tofte was labeled a "pedophile enabler" because of the landmark report "No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws In The US," which called for wholesale reforms to the current state of sex offender legislation. (PS: This hasn't stopped them from QUOTING the work, I might add).
There is ONE celebrity they backed off of, however: Patty Wetterling. For those who don't know, Patty Wetterling is the mother of missing child Jacob Wetterling; the first registry laws were named for him. Last year, Wetterling expressed concern over the current state of sex offender legislation (see: http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/377462.html). Typically AZU responds with a typical report denouncing anyone who speaks out against toughening all laws against ex-sex-offenders as "pedophile enablers," but this time the site is silent. This does not stop them from blogging about it:
"Patty Wetterling is a pissed off mother of a sex offender who lobbied for victims rights when she lost a son to a sex offender, but is doing everything she can now to save her offending son. I hardly think you should be using her as an example"
(see: http://www.robheri.com/2008/01/every-decent-human-being-is-this-world.html)
Or how about this one?
Stitches77: 1/19/2008 9:22:00 AM
"Patty Wetterling lost a child to a sex offender. But now that her other child IS a sex offender she wants to back off from her previous pro-child activism. She's hardly an unbiased source."
(see: http://166.70.44.77/comments/read_comments.asp?ref=8000744&PageIndex=5)
The hits keep coming:
On February 11, 2008 at 5:17 pm Vigilant Antis Said:
"Which Patty Wetterling story are you interested in? The one where her son was killed by a sex offender or the one where the other son became a sex offender and she changed her mind?"
(See: http://vigilantantis.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/andrew-%E2%80%9Cbilly%E2%80%9D-berg-repeat-sex-offender-child-predator-released-into-the-community/)
Now, try this: Google "Patty Wetterling sex offender son." Do you see any valid articles there? I didn't think so. AZU essentially pulled this out of the ether. I find this striking that they believe this but left it out of their main site. Why? Is it possible they bit off more than they can chew this time?
PS: If these links are no longer valid, I'll be happy to send you the copy I made of the quotes sometime.