Students against the extremist Michigan group YAF or Young Americans for Freedom. YAF is located at Michigan State, Central Michigan, and University of Michigan, and various other campuses across the U.S. The group is based out of Falls Church, VA. Racism, homophobia, and other forms of prejudice have no place in Michigan universities, or any university in general. Although this great country of ours protects free speech, it does not grant people the right to harass people who are different. So I ask students to stand up and say no the extremist positions of Young Americans for Freedom.

Reason to Just Say NO…
-Kyle Bristow and YAF received national attention when they planned to Host 'Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day' in the hopes of bringing the illegal immigration issue to light.*
-Proposed a bill to link the MSU website with the Michigan Sex Offender Registry.*
-YAF is likely to get ‘hate group’ status by the Southern Poverty Law Center.**
- YAF members held protest signs that read “Straight Power!" and "End Faggorty!" at a Lansing City Council meeting where a civil rights ordinances to protects Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender people.**

Bristow quotes:
-"Abortion kills women and raises women’s chances for breast cancer… And if anything abortion allows men to abuse women."*
-Supports MCRI…"Pretty sad that all these groups exist to advocate different groups of people based on their ethnicity or skin color… Personally I would like to see all these groups go away."*
-"Homosexuality, it kills people. Almost to a degree worse than cigarettes. Its sad that these groups (LGBTQ) would be complicit in murder in the spreading of these diseases."*
-"Planned Parenthood is an advocacy group of infanticide."*


*Information from Kyle Bristow’s Sept. 30, 2006 interview with Spartan Edge
http://www.myschooltube.com/page/tag_list/463
**Lansing Pulse Article http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=683&Itemid=99999999



“…We try to get along with everybody, we’re all human beings here." - Kyle Bristow (Sept 30, 2006 Spartan Edge Interview)

We challenge him and YAF to practice what he preaches in the above statement.

For more information on YAF read these articles
http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=21542
http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=21550

Dec 13th: This group supports peacful protest of YAF events, and in no way supports the clash at the Tancerdo Immigration Discussion held by YAF and the MSU College Republicans on Nov 30th. Along with this note I would like to point out that we do not agree with the charge that the protestors are racists either. (information and racist charge from this article http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20061204170126710 )

SPLC is listing YAF as a hate group on their list this year.

http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=23922
(read less)

Students against the extremist Michigan group YAF or Young Americans for Freedom. YAF is located at Michigan State, Central Michigan, and University of Michigan, and various other campuses across the U.S. The group is based out of Falls Church, VA. Racism, homophobia, and other forms of prejudice have no place in Michigan universities, or any university in general. Although this great country of ours protects free speech, it does not grant people the right to harass people who are different. So... (read more)