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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: 1998-0381-F; 2025-0373-S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Chief of Staff, White House Office of Series: Card, Andrew, Files Subseries: Doug Wead Letters OA/ID Number: 03470 Folder ID Number: 03470-007 Folder Title: Letters Concerning Doug Wead [7] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G O 0 0 0 M3 President Bush, WEAD Being that I AM in the A.r Force, I Come under your Author ty. But this letter comes to you AS A voter. It WAS A feArful surprise when we Found out that you had fired Doug WeAd your Special LIAISON to the religious COMMUNITY. This doNe to buckle under the demands of Militant homosexuals. When I voted for you I thought you were A fAMily supporting, God feAring ChristiAN, I'M sorry that thAt WAS A wrong impression. You see I believe there Are NO grAy AreAS. Either its wrong or Right, Sin or righteousnos. PleAse I pray, reverse your decision ON Rring Doug WeAd, ONCE A ethical voice is taken out of the While House it will oNly turn down from there. If you haven't do So LAtely, reatirm your faith IN the Lord our God And repent. BRICE Hall 265 Mechan dr. Loring AGB ME 04751 SEE Proverbs 16:12-13 EV you WEAD At, Lenderdale Al. 33334 2990NE16 C-101 October 3, 1990 Then President Washington DC the President Generally, I approvise your Presidency as Excellent. d fund it difficult to understand your artions as described in inclosed clipping from Sept, issue of ames, Family the assin Journal. Surely, you dont think you need their notes! am also wonking why you found it necessary to five mr. Ir each ? I want be froud of our Republism Pasty, but d cant and he when my tox money is used to support pornogrephic art people who perform Deviste acts are honored by invitations to the Thite 9 tense, Sincerely Veronica Catlett Bush welcomes homosexuals to White House, fires Christian liaison Bowing to demands of militant homo- The Washington Blade, a homosexual sexuals, President Bush last month fired newspaper, was given White House press Doug Wead, special liaison to the religious credentials and the Blade sent a photog- community. Wead had spent years working rapher to cover the event. A spokesman for with the President and played a key role in the Blade says that "gays were instrumental" getting Bush elected. The firing came after in the passage of the act, which also protects Wead protested the President's invitation to people with AIDS under the anti-discrimi- leaders of homosexual groups to two meet- nation provisions of the measure. ings at the White House. Bush is the first When Wead complained again, he was President in history to officially invite rep- fired. Columnist Cal Thomas said that "Mr. resentatives from homosexual groups to the Wead has been a target of the [White White House. House] liberals 'from day one.' They are said Bush first invited representatives from the to resent his close relationship with the homosexual groups to attend the signing of evangelical Christian community that Mr. the Hate Crimes Bill at the White House in Wead helped to organize behind Mr. Bush April. When contacted about the invitation, for the 1988 campaign. Mr. Wead's 1988 Wead responded to letter writers that Mr. book, George Bush: Man of Integrity, was Bush "is a man who lives as well as speaks written to convince conservative evangeli- about family values." He went on to say: cals that Mr. Bush is one of them." Bush's "Quite frankly, the President's staff did not margin of victory came from the evangelical serve him well by inviting some of the community, from which he received a groups which attended the Hate Crimes Bill higher percentage of the vote than from any signing ceremony. In no way does the other group. President endorse the lifestyle of all groups The firing of Wead is only the latest in a which attend such events. I can assure you series of events which point to the Presi- that he is especially offended by the attacks dent's decision to weaken his ties to evan- against Cardinal O'Conner and other mani- gelical community. Earlier in the year, Bush festations of religious intolerance that some invited Playboy publisher Christie Hefner to of the homosexual groups have espoused a meeting at the White House. Hopefully, it will not happen again." Previously, the President came out in sup- History showed Wead was wrong. Anoth- port of continuing government funding of er invitation to leaders of the homosexual anti-Christian bigotry and pornography by community went out. Five representatives the National Endowment for the Arts. He of militant homosexual organizations were said he favored no content restrictions of invited to be present when the President tax-funded art. signed the Americans With Disabilities Act The address: President George Bush, The on July 26. White House, Washington, DC 20500. 12 September 1990 AFA JOURNAL Pernography victimizes women and children" slogan with photo of child. Has AFA name. $25 each, includes shipping. Don Wildmon Books. The Home Invaders on TV's influence in society. The Clise Against Pornography explores all facets of the problem. Reg. $6.95, $3 each or $5 for both. The Man the Networks Love to Hate, latest book gives history of AFA, $8.95. Send check with order to: AFA, P. O. Drawer 2440, Tupelo, MS 38803 Anchor Productions Presents For Girls Only A 60 minute video series and Study Guide ORDER FORM offering help for every girl who faces the pressure of making choices Yes, please send me FOR GIRLS Dating ONLY at $29.95. Marriage Vocation Please send me Study Priorities Guide(s) at $1.00 each Senator Jesse Helms says: Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association, Inc. "I urge every parent who has a daughter, P.O. Box 10513 every grandparent who has a granddaugh- Jacksonville, FL 32247-0513 ter and every minister to purchase FOR (904) 398-5665 GIRLS ONLY. Becky Drace speaks direct- ly and with sensitivity to the pressures fac- Name ing the teenage girls of our nation." (If church or organization, please (Senator Jesse Helms, NC) include this information) Street Introductory Offer Address (Please no Post Office Box Numbers) $29.95 To order mail coupon to: City State Zip P.O. Box 10513 Jacksonville, FL 32247-0513 Make checks payable to: Phone: ( ) The Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association (J.D.E.A.) AFA JOURNAL September 1990 11 WEAD Paula Marie Rovik P.O. Box 178 McCleary, Washington 98557 October 11, 1990 Mr. President Bush The White House Washington D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, I hope that this will get through to you. Greetings from Washington State. I was pleased at the way you handled your vice-presidency under the Reagan Administration, and how you did the first year or so in office. I am quite disappointed in how things have been going this year, Mr. President, as it seems that your administration is portraying more and more things which are opposite from the way that you promised in your campaign. I am refering to the pro-sodomy decisions that your administration seems to be making, first of all by inviting these homosexuals into the White House. This is clearly far away from representing the conservative people who voted you into office. The secondly fireing of Doug Wead because of his apologises to some about your inviting the sodomites into your company. The media portrays you as arm in arm with these people. Do you represent their immoral ways or God's? I sincerely hope that this is just an oversight on your part and not your true convictions. Doug Wead was yournarm to the conservatives. Why was he fired? Someone must be pretty pro-homosexual to have fired him on the grounds that the media says. I worked very hard on your campaign and am involved in the Republican Party. Please write and re-confirm your conservative stance on important issues such as this. It sure would give me a lot more respect for your administration once again. Sincerely, Paula marie Rark Paula Marie Rovik WEAD 512 n.w. Raanoke are Bend, as 97701 actober 10, 1990 Dear President Bush, 2 was saddened by the fining of Daug Wead, your leason to evangelical leaders, because of his protesting your inviting homosexual leaders to the exemonies, White House for bill-signing 2 desire that you uphold tradional amexican Lamily values by your actions is well as your words. Thank you Respectfully, Lamise Coe 13 901 WEAD 10/4/90 President George Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500 SUBJECT: Hate Crimes Bill signing ceremony Dear Mr. President, Some disturbing signals are being sent by the coincident firing of Doug Wead, special liaison to the religious community, and the invitation of leaders of homosexual groups to two separate meetings at the White house. Are you sure you want to position yourself as caving in to the homosexuals at the expense of your Christian friends? Sincerely, Sumell I Connor Russell Connors 73 Forest Valley Rd. Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 Bush welcomes homosexuals to White House, fires Christian liaison Bowing to demands of militant homo- The Washington Blade, a homosexual sexuals, President Bush last month fired newspaper, was given White House press Doug Wead, special liaison to the religious credentials and the Blade sent a photog- community. Wead had spent years working rapher to cover the event. A spokesman for with the President and played a key role in the Blade says that "gays were instrumental" getting Bush elected. The firing came after in the passage of the act, which also protects Wead protested the President's invitation to people with AIDS under the anti-discrimi- leaders of homosexual groups to two meet- nation provisions of the measure. ings at the White House. Bush is the first When Wead complained again, he was President in history to officially invite rep- fired. Columnist Cal Thomas said that "Mr. resentatives from homosexual groups to the Wead has been a target of the [White White House. House] liberals 'from day one.' They are said Bush first invited representatives from the to resent his close relationship with the homosexual groups to attend the signing of evangelical Christian community that Mr. the Hate Crimes Bill at the White House in Wead helped to organize behind Mr. Bush April. When contacted about the invitation, for the 1988 campaign. Mr. Wead's 1988 Wead responded to letter writers that Mr. book, George Bush: Man of Integrity, was Bush "is a man who lives as well as speaks written to convince conservative evangeli- about family values." He went on to say: cals that Mr. Bush is one of them." Bush's "Quite frankly, the President's staff did not margin of victory came from the evangelical serve him well by inviting some of the community, from which he received a groups which attended the Hate Crimes Bill higher percentage of the vote than from any signing ceremony. In no way does the other group. President endorse the lifestyle of all groups The firing of Wead is only the latest in a which attend such events. I can assure you series of events which point to the Presi- that he is especially offended by the attacks dent's decision to weaken his ties to evan- against Cardinal O'Conner and other mani- gelical community. Earlier in the year, Bush festations of religious intolerance that some invited Playboy publisher Christie Hefner to of the homosexual groups have espoused a meeting at the White House. Hopefully, it will not happen again." Previously, the President came out in sup- History showed Wead was wrong. Anoth- port of continuing government funding of er invitation to leaders of the homosexual anti-Christian bigotry and pornography by community went out. Five representatives the National Endowment for the Arts. He of militant homosexual organizations were said he favored no content restrictions of invited to be present when the President tax-funded art. signed the Americans With Disabilities Act The address: President George Bush, The on July 26. White House, Washington, DC 20500. 12 September 1990 AFA JOURNAL Pornography victimizes women and children" slogan with photo of child. Has AFA name. $25 each, includes shipping. Don Wildmon Books. The Home Invaders on TV's influence in society. The Çase Against Pornography explores all facets of the problem. Reg. $6.95, $3 each or $5 for both. The Man the Networks Love to Hate, latest book gives history of AFA, $8.95. Send check with order to: AFA, P. O. Drawer 2440, Tupelo, MS 38803 Anchor Productions Presents For Girls Only A 60 minute video series and Study Guide ORDER FORM offering help for every girl who faces the pressure of making choices Yes, please send me FOR GIRLS Dating ONLY at $29.95. Marriage Vocation Please send me Study Priorities Guide(s) at $1.00 each Senator Jesse Helms says: Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association, Inc. P.O. Box 10513 "I urge every parent who has a daughter, every grandparent who has a granddaugh- Jacksonville, FL 32247-0513 ter and every minister to purchase FOR (904) 398-5665 GIRLS ONLY. Becky Drace speaks direct- ly and with sensitivity to the pressures fac- Name ing the teenage girls of our nation." (If church or organization, please include this information) (Senator Jesse Helms, NC) -1 Street S Introductory Offer Address d (Please no Post Office Box Numbers) 5 $29.95 и To order mail coupon to: City State Zip P.O. Box 10513 Jacksonville, FL 32247-0513 e Make checks payable to: It Phone: ( ) The Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association -1 (J.D.E.A.) AFA JOURNAL September 1990 11 1 WEAD Oct. 11, 1990 Dear Mr. President, l don't think you could possibley know how it hurts to see the White House use its credibility to honor Playboy and the Washington Blade, and the Homosefual leaders as a mother, and Catholic Christian, l have the tash of teaching values to my children. It is very discouraging to have those values undercut by my own President. What are young people supposed to think ? When the news of Doug Wead's resignation was announced in our church, there wasa tremendous sense of los. Having him at the White House told us something about what you believe and the direction you are taking us. Where will we be going now? 2 Mr. President, pleasedirect your staff to come back to the values you spoke about when we elected you. Sincerely, mary Voelher 6953 Deerwood Dr, Lanewille, In 47136 copy to: Vice President Dan Quayle Governor John Sununu 13 - WEAD Ruth Ann Box 5714 DEl Roy Dallas, Texas 75230 October 4, 1990 Dear Mr. President, I am, and will continue to be, a supporter of yours. However, I want to tell you of my distress over the recent dismissal of Doug Wead. I have to say that I agree with Mr. Wead's assessment that it is not appropriate to invite to the White House indiv- iduals whose sole basis for distinction is their advocacy of sodomy or pornography. I am referring, of course, to the homosexual rights groups and the publisher of Playboy Magazine. Mr. President, the wisdom of these invitations must be in doubt in a time when organized homosexual groups have desecrated churches and shouted down government officials sent to discuss measures to help AIDS victims. As regards Ms. Hefner's magazine, surely you are award of the many studies linking pornography and sex crimes against women, children and even men. I respectfully ask that you instruct your staff to reconsider your stance on such matters. I hope that in the future the White House guest list will be more reflective of the values of your constituents and, we believe, yourself. Very truly yours, Ruth AnnBox Ruth Ann Box 13 WEAD September 16,1990 President George Bush White House Washington, D. C. 20500 Dear President Bush, This letter is to let you know how dis- pleased I am with the stand your staff has taken concerning the firing of Doug. wead. your silence on this action indicates your approval. This is a dessappoint to me. l vated for you because l thought you were a man who believe what God says. l thought you stord for the principles and values that support God's word. l am a christian, a Baptist who backs and believes God. l understand some things you have no control over like the economy so l understood your need to rain taxes. l do not understand this firing on more importantly your silence about it, who is the President anyway ? who is in charge at the white House. lrene Sincerely, D. Presente El WEAD CROWE MARKETING, INC. 5649-L GENERAL Washington Drive Alexandria, VIRGINIA 22312 (703) 941-2264 JOHN H. CROWE. JR. PRESIDENT September 26, 1990 JENNIE Belle CROWE SECRETARY-TREASURER LAUREN LEE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Re: Mr. DovgWead's (703) 941-2264 departure from the White House Dear Mr. President, White House has caused much concern and confusion. your relatively recent dismissal of Doug Wead from If the a label (for cataloguis this ANTI letter) for our opinion is necessary as individuals, please eonsiderus Chinstian, conservative, rud republican. We see no need to rehash the episate, as were sure you must be well aware of what happened and the issues involved; and we greatly respect your valuable time. Soffice it to soy were astonished and appauled by your action or lack we of it. We're always considered the Bush family of the highest integrity and principles; and in addition a wonderful: down-to-earth retaining Christion balance with provities which is incredible to do in your positions! family who has remained "rbove politics" and a For this we hold you in we rud have been proud for your representation of this country- need to Express this SHOCK and incident. PISSAP. POINTMENT However- we share we with so many others over this cc: VP. D. Quayle Most Respectfully sincerely MA. A. Barch grave GOOD BLESS Mr. Atwater Johns Growe Mr. Buchanan Sen. Helins envir coor. J. Sumuny 10 any 1,133 - WEAD SEP.T. 20, 1990 DEAR PRESIDENT BUSH, THIS IS my FIRST LETTER EVER TO PROTEST AND EXPRESS my ANGER AT You AND YOUR STAFF. My wife And I Are extremely upset At your dismissal of DOUG WEAD. WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL that Doug WAS on the "700 CLUB" being interviewed by PAT ROBERTSON OUR FRIEND sAid Doug WAS fiRED by you This is incredible ! HERE IS A MAN WHO HAS STOOD By YOUR SIDE, WRitteN A book ON you which I reluctantly reAd, who worked hard to Convince many of us Conservatives And Christians that you were someone who maybe you're Not, SpecificALLY AN endorser of fAmiLy VALUES IS this how you rewArd LOYALTY ? MR. President, you have shown wisdom iN so many AreAs Since you have come into office WE THINK You have fired the wrong person ! Paul 7. Miller Debbit n. miller 5001 SinclaiR DR. RALEIGH, N.C. 27604 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD g3 AG WEAD William Oehler 13273 Wood Street Madera, Ca. 93638 Dear President Bush: I was really disappointed youfired Mr. Doug Wead. This man stood for what is right and you fired him. Please in the name of decency reinstate him to his post. Fire Miss bobbie Greene Kilberg. Your administration owes Mr. Wead a public appoligy. You have the support of the people that believe in family values. Please do support families. Please reply. Very Respectfully, William Ochler William Oehler B cyan Donald R. Word 7656 Westchester Dr. Belleville, IL 62223 September 20, 1990 President George Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush, I doubt you will actually read this letter, but let me express my extreme dissatisfaction with your actions toward the Christian community and the firing of Doug Wead. I wonder if Mr. Wead still considers you to be a "man of integrity" as his book title stated? Your reputation as a "family man" is seriously in question when you cave in to militant homosexuals and invite them on more than one occasion to the White House. You have set a most dubious precedent! Ironic, isn't it, that even though you have given much attention to the AIDS problem, homosexual and AIDS activists interrupted one of your speeches four times because you aren't doing enough. I doubt anything will satisfy them short of sanctioning their lifestyle and putting the full weight of government behind a campaign to wipe out the last vestiges of traditional morality. While homosexuals have every right to their choice of lifestyles, it is NOT the lifestyle of choice for the overwhelming majority of Americans even though the homosexual community is doing their best to change that. I would like to continue to believe you to be a strong, moral supporter of our families, but your recent decisions to invite homosexuals and pornographers such as Playboy editor Christie Hefner to the White House raise serious doubts and questions. Sincerely, Dorald R. Woud Donald R. Word B 173 WEAD suy Mrs. Anna L. Wert Box 169F, Hollow Road, R.D. No. Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 Sept. 16, 1990 President George Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush: as a citizen in the U.S., I have admired and Mrs. Bush and I I had noted you for you. rom what have heard and read I believe you are Christians and have five, high standards. In the mail I received an AFA Journal (american family association) this for September. In reading journal, which deals with moral standards and issues, there is an article about President Bush welcoming homosexuals to the White House, and firing Dong Wead, a special liaison to the religious community, after mr. Wead of the hemosefual groups to two meetings protested your invitation to leaders at the White House. President Bush, may I be Ro bold as to inquire if you are weakening your ties to evangelical community? I know God loves everyone. God has always Blessed america, however, God is being pushed aside all the time now in both public and private sectors and I just wonder how much longer He will continue to Bless us! We need to put God first! Mrs. Sincerely, Anna Wert B WEAD sny. 5564 County Road 79A sant goe, Indiana September 46785 21,1990 President George Bush she White House Washnigton, D.C, 20500 Dear President Bush: we are saddened that you fired our religious liason to the want want white will consider to see high this remistated issue in the we white House Doug wead and next presidential election you for your consideration, Sincerely, Mrit Mrs, Gene Patee NM Jack Kari 2163 Inca Drive Rapid City, S.D. 57701 Dear President Bush; Recently I learned of the firing of Doug Wead, it very much surprised me that you would fire a man who was so instrumental in the Bush election. As a minister myself I know that the christ- ian community will be very concerned about your judgments on future moral and ethical decisions. Because these decisions weigh so heavy on our hearts it makes it very difficult to vote for a man who we can not fully rely on to carry out what is truly moral and right. To vote for anyone less than a man of morals is to waste a vote. I personally supported your election as president of this great Country. To think that you would now turn your back on what I believed you truly believed in is very disheartening. The fact that you have supported homosexual groups and porn- ography and invited Playboy publisher Christie Hefner to the WHITE HOUSE disappoints all those who so rigorously supported your bid for president. I haven't yet decided who I will vote for or support in 1992 . Please give me a reason to vote for you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Jack Kari WEAD September 16, 1990 President George Bush White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, As a conservative my hat is off to Doug Wead for standing up for his principles. I think you made a mistake in allowing Killberg-Demar- est to push him out. Do you really want all of your people to say the same things? Isn't there any room in the White House for the conservative view- point? You have lost a great supporter and one of great integrity. A rare quality, not often found in the halls of the government. The Washington Blade, Playboy, The Gay & Lesbian Task Force, these groups will never support you in 1990. Your staff is very naive, as it is politically dangerous to cater to these groups. MMH With Respect, Michael Mertz Mertz & associates P.O. Box 515 Calimesa, Ca. 92320 Copy to: Vice-President Dan Quayle Governor John Sununu Mr. Arnaud de Borchgrave Mr. Lee Atwater, Chairman Mr. Patrick Buchanan Senator Jesse Helms 13 WEAD Dear Mr President, 10-16-90 WEAD l am writing regarding your connections with certain groups or individuals that tear down our families (our country). do it true your administration fired Doug Wead (represents a special liaison to the relegious community). ? Did you inite certain individuals that represents gay homosexual groups? are you interested in helping them: foreake their 3 anti family actions, 2 Condoning theiractions Desiring to get their support? Mr Bush would you want your children to pursue that bird of life? Did you invite Playlog publisher , Christic Hefner, to a White House meeting? Do you endorse the N,EA, in expousing anti Christian thinking and pernography. Don't you think there should be restrictions? ml have writings of articles that say you did. are you thinking of the long term affect it is going to have on our country? l respect some of the choices you have made. I proise you for the shoice of David Souter for the Supreme Court. However others choices like these in this letter el definity disagree with. Stand up straight Bush and be a strong leader by making wise choices. Thanks For Tabing Note of This, Paul MoIlroy P.S. I pay for you for l know there is a lot of pressure however one day are will stand before our creator, 12 wead firing g WEAD OCT 10,'90 DEAR PRESIDENT. BUSH: \ APPLAUD YOUR COURAGE & STAND ON FORCING CONGRESS to PASS A BUDGET THAT WILL REDUCE THE DEFICIT , BUT I MOST PROTEST THE FIRING OF DOUG WEAD FOR TAKING A STAND AGAINST INVITING HOMOSEXUALS TO THE WHERE HOUSE FOR BILL SIGNINGS- Our GREAT COUNTRY WAS MADE GREAT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY NOT PERVERSIONS- PRAY FOR & COUNSEL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAGICALLY ENSLAVED, THE COORD "GAY", B ELLEVE ME, DOES NOT DESCRIBE THEM & 1 HOPE you WILL NOT ENCOURAGE THEM INTO PERPETUATING THE HORRIBLE MUTH THAT THEY ARE LIVING AN "ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE"- P LIFESTYLE THAT LEADS ONLY TO HOPELESS DEGRADATION. Barth SINCERELY Ugues, R.B. CARTER BEND, OREGON 426 SEAIRPARK 97702 $ Con/ weak tiring WEAD September 15,1990 Dear Mr. President: I am sorry to hear you dismissed Mr. Dong Wead, special liason for you. l think you made a tremendous error. He was a person of truth and integrity, one that you could trust and not com. promise, but you will not realize this until later on i, as time usually tells. l know, God has something else for Mr. Mead, but his shoes will be hard to fill for you. l am disappointed -.land i. my family noted you into office and l am beginning to think we made a mistake of our own. Sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Savid Joel Seenhower Sheila Redman Landa Jones Terri Mcgee diana Dercheval Cindy Ninton wead Con: weak firing John S. Collins 2808 Azeele St. W. # 209 Tampa, F1 33609 September 21, 1990 The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: RE: THE FIRING OF R. DOUGLAS WEAD I want to express my disappointment with your staff regarding Douglas Wead. During your campaign you talked about a conservative America. You promised Americans if you were elected that you would move for a more conservative America. I am a registered Republican, who wants a more conservative America. I am very saddened that the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was able to put enough pressure on your staff to get this strong conservative fired. Please stop allowing liberal organizations such as these to pressure you. Give Americans what you promised-- a conservative America. Additionally, if it had not been for the work of Douglas Wead I probably would have voted for Pat Robertson. Thank you for allowing me to let you know how I feel. Sincerely, John S.Collim John S. & Collins 32 New Washington, Oh 44854 wead 316 Monroe St. Sept.22.1990 President George Bush, White House, Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, Today I read in a newly arrived journal that you have fired Doug Wead who paàyed a key role in getting you elected. Also invited two leaders of a homosexual group to the White House. Earlier , you had invited Playboy publisher, Christie Hefner to a meeting. Such actions merely puts your stamp of approval on such unwanted persons. The morals of our nation are dipping to an all time low. Frankly, I am very worried what is going to happen if our nation is not turned around. Your endorsement of such groups is not helping I am not in favor of tax-funded art. Hopefully in the future your actions will support better morals for our nation. Sincerely Yours, Lucile & Jegangu 32 Wead 14 SEPTEMBER 1990 Wead gays PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC 20500 DEAR PRESIDENT BUSH= I WAS DISAPPOINTED To READ THAT YOU FIRED DOUG WEAD, YOUR ERSTWHILE SPECIAL LIAISON TO THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. I WAS ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTED TO READ THAT YOU FIRED MR. WEAD AT THE BEHEST OF HOMO- SEXUAL GROUPS — IN FACT, OF THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INSULTING AND ABUSING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN VARIOUS ILLEGAL PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS. NEED I REMIND YOU THAT HOMOSEXUALS AS A GROUP DID NOT SUPPORT YOU IN 1988? Tan Riley 25 JEFFERSON DR. LOCKPORT NY 14094 FORT LAUDEROALE 16 OCV 1 FL333 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE OFFICIAL SPONSOR 1990 1992.0LYMPIC GAMES America the Beautiful USA15 Preeident Yougs Bush white House Washington DC 20500 © USPS 1988 4g Sir wead 10-15-90 mr a Nabadreason for Can youplease give firing Doug liaison Wead. your special to the religions community D'm a balong and a contributor to the GOP Presidential Tash Farce!!! Sincerely, MR. C.V. AFFLERBACK 3290 N. W. 65TH ST. FT LAUDERDALE, FL. 33309 Wead Sept 22 Presedent Bush, l am one of the many conservative americans to see you take office who was very pleased have hoped that We America could be terrned around to claim her roots + her values. In have done this, but many ways, Il feel you l do not understand why Daug Wead would be fired when he protested 2 an invitation of homoseduals to the White House. Llef this is true, it Appears as a direct cortraction to the basic values you seem to stand for. Please explain. Mrs. horma Woodword P.O. Boy 205 Venango, Pail440 wead PROTEST TO THE FIRING 9/23/90 OF Dear President Bush, DOUG WEAD I am a conservative supporter of your Presidency. I give money and work as a Republican party precinet worker I would like to Protest The firing of Dong wead You can on a campagn of traditional U9/nes and fired Doug because of his support of These v9/nes. Please reconsider The firing of Doug Wead and Tehice him. Thank 5 You Ian Robbins 115 Biscayne Driverow Apt A.2 Atlanta, Gs, 30309 LA weed Dear President Bush, aug. 31, 1990 I know how busy you are with many important world issues right now, and I would not he writing you if I did not feel this was a very important issue of our rights I have recently learned of the public liaron Dong Wead, dismissal of & replacement of yenr by Bolbie 6. kilberg 2 am very upset by this happening. 2 have known of and been associated with Dong Wead for over 10 years. I know of the fruits he is producing in our world. I know his heart + motives are good. americans are being taken away Our rights t privalizes as daily without our knowledge. This Country was founded on Christian values, morals, and freedom. It is very upsetting to average American people to hear that special interest groups with friends in high places & positions can take away a persons freedom of speech. look into this matter & to 2 implore you to please do what is the right thing to do. Please check Dong Weals record, his achievments & successes. I ask you to reinstate Dong Wead to the position he had. He was a voice for the average patriotic american citizen He takes pride Right m doing what is time mr. President. 2 have 2 thank you for your faith that you will right been comsted this wrong that has Sincerly, Denise Strong 1123 S. Shore Rd. Jucksonville 32207 r (904) 399.5340 Free Christian Library 5435 Basswood Ave. West Melbourne, Florida 32904 16 November 1990 The President of the United States The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: Several months ago I became disturbed at recognition you gave homosexual activists by inviting them to White House events. Now the articles continue to mount up in my library about the unfortunate sacking of your former advisor Doug Wead. I am enclosing the latest such article that has come to my attention ("White House Cultural Wars" by William Blakely from New Dimensions magazine of December 1990). Mr. President, I hope you will give this matter your personal attention and return Mr. Doug Wead to his post. We thought you were Pro-family, and that would certainly by definition mean that you were anti-homosexual. Furthermore, you profess to be a Christian, which would seem to indicate that you should reread the Word of God as written in Romans Chapt. 1 regarding the truth about homosexuality. If the enclosed article is anywhere near correct, the cause of Christ and the Bush presidency are not being well-served by the presence of Bobbie Green Kilberg in the Executive Department. Sincerely, C.C.Sellers CCSellen Enclosure ND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT RON SACHS/CONSO DIDATED NEWS Signing the Americans With Disabilities Act last July: Many Bush supporters were upset that the guest list included homosexual activists White House cultural wars Intrigue, secret alliances, backstabbing, and a struggle for power. Sounds like the makings of ligning many religious groups, including the a good daytime soap opera. Except the backdrop for this political intrigue is the White House, Catholic Church, were suddenly honored and the players and events are real. guests of the President. For homosexual leaders it was unprece- By William Blakely White House were The National Gay & Les- dented recognition, and they compounded bian Task Force, the ACLU, representatives the attention by crowing about their invita- F or the last few months, while the rest of of Playboy, the Washington Blade (a gay news- tions-action that only exacerbated the con- the nation has been transfixed by the cri- paper), Friends For the American Way, and servatives' irritation. sis in the Gulf, the White House mail- other notorious groups of the far left. When the reaction hit the White House, room has been engulfed by a crisis of its own. The appearance of diverse political groups Doug Wead, the President's liaison to the Thousands of pieces of mail began flooding at White House events is not unusual. What right, answered critics with a strong letter the small office following a White House turf is unusual, say political insiders, is that these reaffirming the President's commitment to battle within the President's staff that ended controversial groups were actively recruited traditional values and contending that "the in July with the ousting of the President's li- to appear at selected events. Since a public President's staff did not serve him well on aison to conservatives, Doug Wead. appearance is tantamount to political recog- this occasion." A member of the mailroom staff com- nition, many conservative organizations, es- Kilberg was infuriated. She announced to ments: "Governor Sununu [as he is known in pecially the religious right, were offended by colleagues that she intended to have Wead the White House] has given strict orders not the invitation extended to radical homosexu- fired. to make public the actual number of pieces al groups. But there was a problem. Wead was popu- of mail, but most of them have the same Perhaps the incident that sparked the bat- lar with the President, who considered him a theme: The wrong side won the war." tle was the invitation of homosexual organi- loyal advisor. During the '88 campaign he The controversy began last spring when zations to the ceremonial signings of the had written the President's biography. He Bobbie Green Kilberg, deputy assistant to Hate Crimes Bill and the Americans With had powerful friends including George Bush the President for public liaison, began invit- Disabilities Act. Members of conservative Jr., the President's son, and David Bates, a ing radical liberal leaders to White House groups were appalled that gays, active anti- fellow White House senior staffer. events. Among the groups invited to the conservatives who had recently taken to ma- During his short time at the White House, 58 New Dimensions: The Psychology Behind The News/DECEMBER 1990 DAVID VALDEZ/THE WHITE HOUSE Chief of Staff Sununu meets with the President in the Oval Office Wead had conservative leaders invited to How would conservatives react to a move Months before, a debate had arisen over State dinners for the first time. They were in on Doug Wead? the proposed liberalization of immigration and out of the Oval Office, whisked off to David Demarest, the mutual boss of both laws. Demarest and other liberal staffers Camp David, or offered special White House Kilberg and Wead, was, apparently, a willing were calling for an end to restrictions against briefings. "It went beyond public relations," Kilberg ally. He had approved of the invitations AIDS carriers. That battle had been handled says one conservative leader who benefited to homosexual groups and the ACLU. Beyond with discretion, and was part of the reason for from a Presidential phone call. "All of that ac- that, he was involved in a similar battle over an- the quiet resignation of White House Presi- cess was helping to counter the liberal drift at other cultural issue, the results of which dential Assistant and Wead ally David Bates the White House. It affected policy." helped open the doors for ousting Wead. earlier in the summer. Inside the controversy tion against AIDS patients. DW: Right. However, one of my regrets is the way in which the story was portrayed by some in the media who thought I had New Dimensions' Managing Editor David Kupelian interviewed blocked or objected to the groups coming in. What really hap- Doug Wead shortly after he left the White House: pened was that after some of the staffers had invited them in, there New Dimensions: The popular story in the press is that you was a huge reaction, and I felt we owed an explanation to the con- were fired from your White House position be- stituents who had elected us and who were of- cause you wouldn't support White House over- Wead: The bottom line in Washington fended by that. tures to homosexual groups. True? is power ND: And offense was taken to your letter. Doug Wead: Well, I was caught in one of DW: Yes, there were people who took it per- those little White House bureaucratic battles. It sonally. My intention was simply to divert some happens in every department in government, and OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO of the heat away from the President, who does at every level of the White House. The letter I not micromanage those [guest] lists. wrote, as an apology to conservative leaders, was ND: What was John Sununu's role in your just the trigger, I suppose. That was the only leaving the White House? thing that was ever mentioned to me as a reason DW: He had defended me off and on for a for dismissal. year and a half, and maybe grew tired of it. ND: Other staff members had invited the lead- Someone from the Midwest, as I am, and with ers of homosexual groups to the White House on traditional values, is just as controversial inside the occasion of President Bush's signing into law the Beltway as one of the inner-Beltway-types the Hate Crimes Bill last April, and again in July would tend to be in the heartlands of America. for the Presidential signing of the Americans ND: How would you describe John Sununu? with Disabilities Act which prohibits discrimina- DW: He is one of the most brilliant men I've 59 W ith Bates gone and Wead more iso- lated, Demarest and Kilberg stepped up their campaign and began to in- volve Chief of Staff John Sununu in the plot. Wead was accused of being a "family spy," undermining Sununu by back-channeling news to the President through his son George Jr. The duo warned Sununu that Wead was "favoring the constituents he was working with." At an early morning informal session in Governor Sununu's office, Demarest accused Wead of an embarrassing leak to the popular Evans and Novak column and other indis- cretions. Sununu wavered. In early July, after Wead's letter consoling upset conservatives was passed around as "evidence," Sununu signed off on the plan. Now the trick was to keep their intention of removing Wead away from the President un- til it was a "done deal." On July 12, Demarest and Sununu deputy Andy Card met to dis- cuss how to handle Wead's imminent depar- Wead with President Bush: Wead's dismissal was a "done deal" before word reached the President ture. Wead was with the President that night. They would wait until the next day-Friday staff around his desk and told them that he the 13th. mous letter of apology, in the other a front had been dismissed but that he was not dis- Neither Demarest nor Sununu talked to page newspaper with the headline, "BUSH couraged; he had done the right thing. Wead about his departure. That was left to INVITES GAYS, ANGERS BAPTISTS." According to one of the staffers, Wead said White House staffer Andy Card. Wead re- "I would rather be the staffer dismissed for that his farewell to Andy Card had been dra- turned from the Friday meeting, gathered his this letter," Wead reportedly said, "than the matic. In one hand, Wead had held up his fa staffer promoted for causing embarrassing ever met, very capable, able to make quick decisions, and very ef- ficient. I think that he's been a very critically important appoint- bureaucracy. Likewise, the Americans who espouse traditional val- ment by the President. ues have often been complacent and uninvolved in politics. Cer- ND: As a religious conservative, were you in a minority in the tainly religious people have, and so they are late starters. As a White House? result, the bureaucracy is left to people who believe the govern- ment has solutions and are committed to that. DW: Oh, I was very much in a minority. I wouldn't say that I was openly religious as such. I have a faith, but it never interfered in ND: So there are career bureaucrats even in the White House? I any way with my ability to get my work done. But I was most de- think people tend to picture a new president as moving into the cidedly a minority. White House with a fresh batch of supportive and smart people around him. ND: Did you ever catch any animosity toward that in the White House? DW: The President is faced with running the White House. He DW: Oh, yes. It's easy to be influenced when everyone else is has to have people who have done the same thing, in other de- thinking a certain way. It was hard for me at times to maintain my partments, at other times and places, and who have that experi- ence. perspective, to stand up and say what I felt. Eventually, of course, doing just that cost me my job. ND: Does this entrenched bureaucratic presence account for a large percentage of the people there? ND: Using the President as the dividing line-call him the polit- ical middle-tell me whether there are more liberals or conserva- DW: Yes, it does. And that's a large percentage of the people tives in the White House. who survive there. They depend on those jobs and they're a lot more flexible. DW: I would say that if the President is the middle line, by far ND: Do you think that hurts the President? there are more liberal than conservative staffers. By far. I think the President is much more conservative than his average staffer. DW: I think it does. Most bureaucrats feel it's more efficient if ev- ND: President Bush gets much of his information, and even pol- erybody agrees and moves in the same direction. I think it's more icy recommendations, from his staffers. Why would he surround efficient if there's a contest for ideas. That way, some of the bad ideas show up. himself with people who don't reflect his basic views and values? DW: I think there are two reasons. One is more of an institu- But there's another answer to your question, particularly in the tional Washington reason: People who are economic conservatives case of George Bush. When he ran against Ronald Reagan in 1980, tend to be drawn to the free enterprise system. They're en- he attracted many "Stop Reagan" forces and individuals, so they trepreneurs, they're self-motivated, they haven't the patience to de- were early Bush supporters. Some were far more liberal than the velop careers in government and to work and advance within the President himself. But he, being a man of deep personal loyalty to those who work with him, did inherit a little army who are a bit 60 New Dimensions: The Psychology Behind The News/DECEMBER 1990 "Letters on Wead's firing outnumbered comments on the Iraqi crisis." Presidential meeting with religious leaders to Vice President Dan Quayle's Chief of Staff discuss the drug issue. Both areas, "religion" Bill Kristol to take over damage control, but and "drugs," were part of Wead's purview. sources say that as the volume of calls The story was soon all over the White House mounted, some of the Vice President's staff that Kilberg had won her year-and-a-half bat- sensed political danger and begged off the as- tle with Wead. Within 24 hours it was on the signment. front page of The Washington Times. Nowadays, the White House offers a vari- No one was quite prepared for the back- ety of versions about the Wead dismissal. Su- lash. "It was like the Andy Rooney thing," nunu's office holds to the story that Wead left says a White House senior staffer, referring by his own choosing. Demarest openly con- to the backlash when gay activists forced tradicts that version by saying that Wead was Rooney from his place on CBS's "Sixty Min- dismissed. utes." And what now for Ms. Kilberg? For several days the irate telephone calls "She's not long for this world," predicted a flooded the White House switchboard. Let- White House senior staffer who has the best ters on Wead's firing outnumbered com- overview and who is now in charge of pick- ments on the Iraqi crisis. ing up the pieces. "She's a lightning rod for Incredibly, the White House first asked every conservative in the country." Bobbie Kilberg to manage the crisis, or so Another colleague is more blunt, "Bobbie headlines for the President like this one." she told her staff. The day after the story has no credibility now. Internally, we've all broke she tried to convince two different caught on. When she says the Governor F or three weeks the story was kept under church leaders that Wead himself had invited asked me to do this or that, we all know that wraps. Wead was leaving quietly. But the homosexual leaders. This didn't work it's probably not the case." Kilberg couldn't wait to take over. Ac- and only further insulted conservatives. But some on her own staff are quick to de- cording to liaison sources she called for a Two days later, Governor Sununu ordered fend her. "The Governor himself approved all more liberal than he is, who are now working with him, some of Many people say that being confronted by this crisis has brought them in the White House. the best out of President Bush, making him a stronger president, ND: Why do you think the President allowed you to be fired? and perhaps halted his weakening before the agenda of congres- DW: In the first place, this was kept away from the President un- sional liberals. Do you see any truth to that assessment? til the last minute, until it was almost too late. In the second place, DW: Yes, we were getting a lot of heat just before the Iraqi in- Governor Sununu is brilliant and very effective and very good. The vasion, and it was a very critical time for us in our relationship with President can't be expected to interrupt his whole operation for conservatives. one person. Over the years he's had many very loyal staffers come ND: Was there a lot of heat from within the White House, in and go over similar problems, and he watches and keeps track. terms of pressure from his own staff to cut defense? ND: Have you talked to him since leaving? DW: Oh yes, there was. The momentum was clearly in that di- DW: Yes, I have. He was very kind and reiterated his friendship, rection, and very strong. and I leave with a deep, deep sense of gratitude to him for having ND: So, on top of pressure from the media and Congress to slash had the chance to serve him. I trust his instincts and am committed defense, the President got it from his own staff as well? to his Administration, and I'm sure that at some time, in some way, DW: I would say yes, there were people internally for whom that he'll put me to work again. was a big deal. ND: You are known to be extremely loyal to George Bush. ND: Going back to the cause of your firing, do you know DW: I believe he's a very decent man. I believe that he repre- whether, in retrospect, the President regrets having invited homo- sents principles that are even higher than some of the conserva- sexual activists to the White House? tives' economic theories that are SO dear and important to some of DW: Well, the President didn't invite them. Those were deci- my colleagues. So I got behind him early and lost a lot of money for sions made at a staff level, and I don't know what the official White several years working full-time for him. There were a lot of pres- House policy is. My real concern was this: I believe that every sin- sures related to that commitment, SO I just have a lot invested gle human being must be respected, and when anyone is de- there. meaned or ridiculed, then all of society is cheapened by that. I have ND: Until the Persian Gulf crisis, the President, although still deep respect for every person, homosexual or heterosexual. My very popular, was getting a lot of heat from conservatives. In fact, concern is that tolerance cuts both ways, and, in this case, some of one week before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, there was a lot of talk the members of these organizations had called Cardinal O'Connor about cutting the B-2 bomber, and even cutting SDI. The President a Nazi, and there were other manifestations of religious intoler- was perceived by many to be dangerously close to giving in to lib- ance. I wanted to make sure that the Catholics and that Evangelical eral demands to make drastic defense cuts. Suddenly, invasion. Christians and others knew that this did not represent an aban- New Dimensions: The Psychology Behind The News/DECEMBER 1990 61 ngratulat High Scho DIANA WALKER/GAMMA-LIAISON Sununu: Grew tired of defending Wead? of these events," says a liaisons officer. "Now and forth on the subject. "He ran it outside of that she's under attack, he dumps her and normal channels, using a staffer from Media nobody believes her side of the story." Relations." Others contend that Kilberg's boss, David "This thing just won't go away," says a Demarest, was running a liaison of his own member of Governor Sununu's staff. "Just with homosexual groups more than a year when we think it's buried, it comes back to before Kilberg's outreach. "It was unautho- haunt us.". rized; neither the President nor the Governor From all indications, the White House Cul- knew," this same source says, insisting that tural War is ongoing and the casualty list she has seen the actual memos going back could grow. donment of the commitment on the part of the President to traditional values. Whether you're heterosexual or homosexual, if people in your organization are saying such things, and if you want invitations to the White House, you should renounce that. That was my argument. It's the same with the Playboy thing. [Ed. Note: Playboy magazine representatives were also invited to be guests at the White House.] It's not a crusade to keep them out. The real point is that Playboy is offensive to women, it's offensive to liberal feminists, it's offensive to Catholics, to fundamentalists, to conservatives. There is just no socio-political mileage out of carving out new precedents by giving them credibility. ND: Do you have any regrets over what you did? DW: None whatsoever. I served the President professionally and with discretion for five years and with deep personal loyalty to him and he to me. And I left with my integri- ty intact. I didn't compromise; I didn't change any positions. All dressed up and ND: Robert Grant, of the American Coalition of Traditional Values, said of your firing: "Someone in the White House has decided to alienate the conservative traditional-values no place to go. base estimated at 50 million in the hope of cultivating the homosexual base, which rep- resents less than one million. It's crazy." Do you agree with that assessment? DW: Yes. I think it was Mark Twain who said we're all ignorant on different subjects, A student who not only meets but and I was rather naive about how bureaucracy works inside the Beltway. Because of exceeds the demands of high school where I stand on that policy, I was limited to the number of allies I could make in Wash- deserves to go to college. But if he ington. But I also found a tremendous naivete on the part of some of the inside-the-Belt- doesn't have the money, he won't be way professional political types. They can run a bureaucracy, but I don't think they'd get going anywhere. elected to anything. I think having Playboy magazine representatives in the White House Please help by sending your check is not a good use of White House and Presidential credibility. to the United Negro College Fund, ND: What have you learned from all this? 500 East 62nd Street, New York, DW: I've learned there are no loyalties in Washington other than power-the harsh NY 10021. bottom line of political power. United Negro College Fund. A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste. Ad Council New Dimensions: The Psychology Behind The News/DECEMBER 1990 37 wead 8977 Meadowspring Dr. Elk Grove, CA 95758 September 16, 1990 The President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D. C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: I have read that you fired Doug Wead, special liaison to the religious community, while you invited to the White House homo- sexuals whose lifestyles are a disgrace, and who pose a threat to every American through the spreading of AIDS. I wonder how you could do this, knowing how many millions of Americans detest the gay lifestyle, and knowing how many innocent men, women and children have died and are dying because of homosexuals. I understand that Mr. Wead had been a loyal supporter of you, and had played a key role in getting you elected. Is this the way you repay loyalty? I am fast losing respect for all three branches of government. I intend to do my part to see that changes are made for the better. Sincerely, KayRoemer Kay Roemer