Founded by Roger Baldwin, 1920Posted on 11/08/2004 9:08:51 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) would like you to believe that their singular goal is the unbiased, non-partisan defense of your civil liberties as defined by our honored Bill of Rights.
They claim that they defend the freedoms established in our Constitution in order to ensure, most especially, your First Amendment Rights.
They do not. They seek to replace the democracy the Founding Fathers fought for with their own atheist vision.
Never before in the history of this nation has any organization done more to promote moral decay as has the ACLU. For over 75 years the ACLU has steadly blurred the clear distinction between liberty and license and feverishly worked to undermine the Christian and moral heritage of our nation.
This brief exposé reveals the real nature of this organization that hides behind the guise of preserving liberty.
1920's and 1930's
Founded by Roger Baldwin, 1920
Several crucial leaders of the ACLU were members of the Communist Party. Earl Browder, then General Secretary of the Communist Party, said the ACLU functioned as "a transmission belt" for the party.
1940's and 1950's
In 1945 the ACLU opposed laws requiring prostitutes to submit to examinations or vaccinations, saying these violated the women's rights to "medical liberty."
In 1957 the board of directors declared that it was not the business of the ACLU "to evaluate the social validity of laws aimed at the suppression or elimination of homosexuals."
1960's
The ACLU's increasing success in the courtroom brings it a growing notoriety and increasing access to powerful financial and political resources.
In the late 60's American culture's increasing hostility toward Christian values frees the ACLU to make aggressive legal assaults on organized religions.
In 1967 the ACLU adopted a "pro-choice" position on abortion.
1970's
In 1975 the ACLU came out in favor of special rights for homosexuals.
In 1977 the ACLU initiated its "Reproductive Freedom Project" that, over the next 16 years, utilized 17 full-time employees and a budget of $2 million.
1980's
In 1986 the ACLU created its "Lesbian and Gay Rights" project.
September 1986 - The ACLU successfully sues fifth grade public school teacher Kenneth Roberts, forcing him to remove his personal Bible from his classroom desk. Roberts kept the Bible on top of his desk, and he read from it during his class' silent reading time. He never read it to his students or told them they had to read it. (Contrast this to the ACLU's actions in February and March, 2001, in Anaheim, California. This time, the ACLU threatened to sue the public school board if they did not put pro-homosexual propaganda on the shelves of the high school library.)
In 1988 the ACLU barred a doctor from telling a Kansas man's former wife that her ex-husband had tested positive for AIDS. In the words of the director of the ACLU's Privacy and Technology Project, "The benefits of confidentiality outweigh the possibility that somebody may be injured."
In 1989 the government granted tax exemptions for Satanists - a position the ACLU has supported.
1990's
In 1992 the ACLU persuaded a judge to approve adoption of a young boy by his mother's lesbian partner.
In 1993 in Pennsylvania the ACLU successfully opposed parental approval for teaching about substance abuse or human reproduction and forbade any discussion of morality and violence.
In 1995 the ACLU spoke out against the Flag Amendment which would have banned burnings and desecrations of the American flag.
March 1995 - The ACLU files a lawsuit against Alabama Circuit Judge Roy Moore to force him to discontinue prayer in his courtroom and remove a Ten Commandments plaque from the wall behind his bench. Judge Moore countersued, asking a state court to resolve the constitutionality of official acknowledgements of God. This was the beginning of an ongoing, on-again off-again series of legal battles between the ACLU and Judge Moore.
In 1996 the ACLU convinced the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado's "Amendment Two," regarding homosexual special rights.
In 1996 the ACLU worked with senators to defeat legislation providing federally-funded cash vouchers to students in Washington D.C.'s religious schools.
In 1997 the ACLU successfully beseeched the Supreme Court to protect the rights of pornographers on the Internet - including the right to show their images to children.
2000 - Present
May 2000 - Arizona Governor Jane Hull issues a proclamation celebrating the birth of Buddha. An ACLU spokesperson said, "Although we may think proclamations are inappropriate, they may not violate the Constitution." (In 1998, when Governor Hull issued a proclamation declaring a "Bible Week," the ACLU sued, claiming a violation of the so-called "separation of church and state.")
Janurary 2001 - At a press conference co-hosted by Planned Parenthood President Gloria Feldt, ACLU President Nadine Strossen lambasted Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft. Strossen claimed he had a "fundamental disdain for the Constitution," simply because he is pro-life, pro-family, favors common-sense restrictions on virtual (Internet) child pornography, and questions the notion of the so-called "separation of church and state."
April 2002 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit struck down a Colorado law requiring parents be notified when their underage daughters sought abortions. The ACLU supported the suit to have the law struck down.
April 2002 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down major portions of the Child Pornography Protection Act, which prohibited Internet porn hawkers from making "virtual" child pornography. The ACLU immediately declared victory, calling it a triumph for "free speech."
January 2003 - The Hawaii branch of the ACLU filed suit to remove a requirement from a public school honor code that students pledge their "love for God." Without going to court, the school backed down.
February 2003 - A federal district judge prohibited Florida officials from blocking an anti-war demonstration at a public park that featured a peace symbol at a public park, comprised of nude bodies. Said an ACLU attorney, "For these demonstrators, nudity is an essential part of their political expression."
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For decades now, the ACLU has worked to undercut the impact and influence of religious faith in American life. Although they declare themselves defenders of tolerance - and cloak themselves in the Constitution, whose Bill of Rights forbids any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion - the ACLU, in fact, actively promotes intolerance when it comes to religion. Among the "free exercises" the group opposes and would outlaw if they could:
In state after state the ACLU is on the offensive, barring even the mildest expressions of decency or faith in an effort to cement an idealized liberal agenda of highly selective tolerance and civil rights for a carefully chosen few. Here are just a few examples of what the ACLU is really trying to accomplish via the litigation they perform in the name of liberty:
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Two words describe this. BS!
I AGREE big time.
The ACLU is the best weapon that Anti American Organizations have had for decades.
government grants.
Idiots like these three from Austin.
Secondly, the ACLU is not consistently anti-religious but blatantly particular as to which religious expressions do and don't "violate the First Amendment" (which can only be violated by Congress, but everyone's forgotten about that). They attack the religious beliefs of the Abstract Host Population as a theocratic threat while giving a free pass to "guest" populations, no matter how reactionary or theocratic, because the latter do not represent theocracy but rather pluralism, diversity, and (irony of ironies) secularism. It's hard not to root for the moozies when you consider what these "useful idiots" would experience after an islamic victory.
But of course my own personal number one reason for hating the ACLU is that by attacking chr*stianity exclusively it "proves" to so many people that chr*stianity simply must be the True Religion (else the ACLU would not attack it) and this means many people will never give the Jewish/Noachide position even a hearing. Ironically, most of the "chr*stian" things the ACLU and liberals oppose are actually Jewish (creationism, etc.). And another unfortunate result is that people begin to celebrate and defend America's chr*stian tradition rather than Abstract and Universal Truth which alone deserves the loyalty and homage of all people. Thanks to the ACLU appeals to the Bible have been replaced with appeals to the Jamestown Settlement, the Mayflower Contract, and Washington's Farewell Address, none of which have any authority in determining which ancient religion is the True one.
The ACLU (the UN and NAACLP) is the enemy of the USA!
It's a frightening thing when a group that purports to defend civil liberties mandates that the one right that ultimately defends all rights -- the right to keep and bear arms -- should be dismissed for the convenience of The State.
To hell with the ACLU and their Leftist jackwits. I personally look forward to the dissolution of that pedophile- and nazi-defending abomination.
I've researched most of this myself also. I've not seen it all together before. Good Post!
Dennis Miller had the best description of the ACLU I've ever heard.
"They totally oppose nativity scenes on public property unless some liberal freakazoid puts one up with himself screwing the goat. That one will be defended all the way to the supreme court!"
The ACLU is a mouthpiece of the left. The 2nd Amendment is not one of the civil liberties afford to you by the Bill of Rights according to those tools. Also they conveniently leave out the section of the 1st Amendment that states government shall not prohibit free exercise of religion.
Thanks! This is the best laugh of the day, so far!
Dennis Miller had the best description of the ACLU I've ever heard.
"They totally oppose nativity scenes on public property unless some liberal freakazoid puts one up with himself screwing the goat. That one will be defended all the way to the supreme court!"
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"Two words describe this. BS!"
Oh tell me Mr. Know it all aka Piquaboy - you make this statement based on what information?
Yes, the ACLU is perhaps the second most destructive force, and definately the most visiable destructive force, to our nation.
Great post- a keeper!
this smacks of the Al Capino movie The Advocate where the Devil uses the legal system to take over the world.
Can you cite any cases where the ACLU did this?
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