On Mar 20, 9:23*am, wrote:
I have two questions:
1. Should someone who was president of the Sexual Freedom League
(SFL), have any executive role in chess? *This organization is
supposed to support society getting rid of traditional social norms.
I have been informed that chess doesn't want to have anything to do
with poker, because of the children it is trying tor each, and there
are vices. *So, if that is the case, then would someone involved in
such an organization as the SFL be someone you would want on the
executive board of a chess federation.
2. According to a wikipedia entry on Sam Sloan, Sam was president of
the Sexual Freedom League:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sloan
Per the entry:
Sloan attended the University of California, Berkeley majoring in
mathematics. At the time U.C. Berkeley was a center for student
protest during the social unrest of the 1960s. Sloan became the
president of the Sexual Freedom League. His book Sex Marchers, co-
authored with SFL founder Jefferson Poland, called for sexual
emancipation.

Now I know Wikipedia isn't exactly the most accurate tool for
research, which is why I ask if what Wikipedia says about Mr. Sloan is
true. *Now, I understand people have have checkered pasts and move on
from them also. *But if the former is true, then one has to wonder if
Mr. Sloan has moved passed this stage in his life.

- Rich

Excellent question,Rich. Exactly the type of question that got me
banned fromhis yahoo group.