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  • ACLU threatens to file lawsuit over abstinence program

    11/18/2004 7:30:33 PM PST · by Graybeard58 · 43 replies · 2,569+ views
    . New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | November 18, 2004 | Keith O'Brien
    Despite settlement, Web site cites God In a six-page letter made public Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union says a state program promoting sexual abstinence has violated a 2002 court settlement by invoking the name of God and quoting biblical passages on the program's taxpayer-funded Web site. If changes aren't made to the site in 30 days, the ACLU said it will have no choice but to take the Governor's Program on Abstinence back into federal court. Meanwhile, the site, AbstinenceEdu.com, remained up and running, telling teens, among other things, that God is standing beside them as they choose abstinence...