This article touches on one of the biggest stories about the ACLU that has been spiked by the mainstream mediots. That is the ACLU's refusal of grants from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations when they have to promise no links with Terrorists. Since the ACLU is nothing but a band of Gay/Anti Christian and pro Islamofascist terrorists, they had to say no to these funds. In fact as this artice pointed out they refunded some funds taken earlier this year.
Re: ACLU says 'No, thanks' to Ford foundation re no money to be used for terrorism.
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ACLU says 'No, thanks'
Chattanooga Times Free Press ^ | Oct. 30, 2004 | Unknown
Posted on 11/27/2004 10:57:55 PM PST by w6ai5q37b
The Ford and Rockefeller foundations hand out millions of dollars each year to a variety of organizations. We may or may not agree with the activities of a given group that gets some portion of that money, but both foundations have properly drawn a line against their money supporting terrorism or other violence.
The Ford Foundation says funding recipients must agree not to engage in activity that "promotes violence, terrorism, bigotry, or the destruction of any state." News reports say this rule was put in place because some Ford money previously had wound up in the hands of radicals who bitterly oppose the state of Israel.
The Rockefeller Foundation says recipients may not "directly or indirectly engage in, promote, or support other organizations or individuals who engage in or promote terrorist activity."
It is hard to see how anyone would argue seriously that those guidelines are unreasonable. No American organization ought to want to support hateful, violent causes, let alone seek money from foundations to do so.
But amazingly, the American Civil Liberties Union has deemed the rules too restrictive and therefore has turned down more than $1 million in grants from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations.
The ACLU complains that the "vague grant language" might "have a chilling effect on civil liberties." An ACLU board member said the rules sounded too much like the anti-terrorist Patriot Act and seemed "to have arisen out of this kind of climate of fear and intimidation or something that the administration is pushing," The New York Sun reports.
We don't see the foundations' rules as an attempt to crush civil liberties. But the guidelines might have a "chilling effect" on terrorists. We hope so.
That's it. Thanks for the article.