Posted on 08/14/2005 8:13:58 PM PDT by Jay777
BENTON, La. - In a settlement agreement negotiated by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union will no longer pursue its legal attack upon the Bossier Parish School District. ADF attorneys represent the district.
One of the district's schools displayed a nativity scene during the Christmas season of 2003 and has allowed other forms of religious expression on campus. This prompted the ACLU to file suit against the district and school officials.
"The ACLU's case was going nowhere fast," said Mike Johnson, an ADF attorney based in Shreveport. "Stockwell Place Elementary School's display of a creche was unquestionably lawful and legitimate, and its allowance of equal access for Christian student organizations is in perfect compliance with the First Amendment."
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that displays of religious symbols on public property-such as nativity scenes-are constitutional if placed for legitimate secular purposes such as celebrating a holiday or depicting its origins.
The ACLU, representing the parents of two former students at the school, had also objected to the school's inclusion of religious songs in its Christmas program and to its allowance of a Christian club to voluntarily meet during recess.
On April 4, U.S. District Court Judge Maurice Hicks, Jr., granted in part the school district's motion to dismiss the case because the original plaintiffs moved out of state. As part of the settlement, the ACLU agreed to waive any claims for damages or attorneys' fees against the school district, and the school board reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to follow the law and its applicable policies.
(Excerpt) Read more at alliancedefensefund.org ...
when are we going to make it illegal for the aclu to seek fees from local governments that they run up on behalf of their bullshit clients?
Defend America: Send the ACLU to GITMO!
BTTT
Cool. The ACLU punked!!
This country will never be whole or genuinely decent again until the ACLU is shattered and tossed into the dustbin of historical tyrants.
They should not have trifled with the coon asses.
Ya'll come back now, ya hear!
later pingout.
And the many must bow to the few! (whiners)
Time to donate, friends. This is a good work they are doing. For US.
ping
...as the ACLU is going nowhere...
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/
Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org
Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:
ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas
ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits
ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd
Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit
Additional information:
The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back
Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')
ACLU fulfilling communist agenda
Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings
See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU
This group just started on December 3, 2004 and are looking for new members to their yahoo group
My Personal Anti-ACLU Blog (Check it out and leave a comment!)
We need to develop an intelligence team to expose these "clients". If they are so steadfast in their beliefs, they will have no problem with public scrutiny.
Nah. Gitmo is WAY too kind for them.
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