in Catholic theory, there are many Catholic clerics that have taken the position that sin is private, between Man and God, not Man and Government. Catholic clergymen and laymen submitted this report to the Wolfenden Committee:

"It is not the business of the state to intervene in the purely private sphere but, to act solely as the defender of the common good. Morally evil things, so far as they are concerned, that do not affect the common good,should not be the concern of the human legislature." The British Roman Catholic Advisory Committee on Prostitution and Homosexual offenses and the existing law recommended that . . . "Criminal Law be amended so as to exclude consensual acts done in private by adult males." The enforcement of morals as morals is not properly a government function.

IN CONCLUSION

The homosexual is no different from other human beings other than in private sexual habits. It isn't right for laws to tell persons who they may or may not love. It's not only a constitutional right but a right of life, itself, or of being a human being, to love whom we want to love.

This petition is written in hopes of showing the PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, the need for Criminal Code Revision in this all-important human area. We "Pray" that he will not turn his back to our "Rights" which, indeed, should be protected by Civil Rights Laws.

THE FOREGOING PETITION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY WILLIAM KERN JR., AT JACKSON PRISON. IT IS REQUESTED THAT PETITIONER IS NOTIFIED AS TO THE RECEIPT OF THIS PETITION, IN TRIPLICATE FORM.

Petitioner:

William Kern Jr. 114477 4000 Cooper St. Jackson, Michigan

The foreging petition has been Subscribed and Sworn before me this day, FEB. 14, 1966

PAUL J. LADOW

NOTARY PUBLIC, Jackson County, Mich. My Commission Expires April 5, 1969.

(The ACLU, of Michigan, under the guidance of Ernest Mazay, held a special meeting Nov. 1965, and concluded that homosexuals do need their rights and an effort is being made to revise Michigan Criminal Statutes pertaining to homosexual offenses.)

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