Two towns have joined Watertown in protest against the Anti-Defamation League, which sponsors the "No Place for Hate" anti-hate crime program. Belmont's Board of Selectmen voted on Monday to withdraw from the program. Yesterday, Newton mayor David Cohen issued a statement saying: "The recognition of the Armenian Genocide is an important step along the path of freedom and justice, and crucial in combating other genocides now and in the future." The Anti-Defamation League is so......

Update: Andrew Tarsy, the New England regional director of the ADL who was fired for recognizing the Armenian genocide, has been rehired. The action of the citizens of Watertown has had a tremendous ripple effect. After releasing a statement refusing to recognize the Armenian genocide and firing its New England director, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, released a statement today in which he recognizes the Armenian genocide. Here is what he......

Only a few days ago, Andrew Tarsy, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, backer of the "No Place for Hate" program, tried to defend the ADL's stance on the Armenian Genocide at the Watertown City Council meeting. The ADL refused to recognize the genocide, Watertown residents - including a large Armenian population - was furious, and Watertown kicked the ADL out of its borders. Then, presumably influenced by Watertown's decision to remove hate from......