[arasina]

But what motivates most of the ACLU lawyers is not the First Amendment, but something completely different, something pernicious. It is a desire to weaken and destroy the institutions they do not control, and demonize the people and individuals produced by such institutions in order to neuter their influence. First Amendment concerns are simply the legal ruse to force compliance and hide their true malevolence.

It's all about power. Very well written piece by the Rabbi. Thanks for posting it.

[redhead]

Bumping...

[muawiyah]

Some of these rabbis are of the belief that there's such a thing as "word magic". That's why they don't want you praying outside of their zone of control. Lord only knows what you would say and what might happen.

It's total superstition without any Biblical support, but they believe in the doctrine enough that they think it's fair to use the federal courts to shut down all other religions.

[Stoat]

Amazon.com Books America's Real War

This relates to the main theme of this wonderful book by Rabbi Lapin.

[Dan19]

It really gets to me that the ACLU would destroy America if they get their way. They want to tear down the Boy Scouts, tear down religion, tear down traditional marriage, tear down the military, tear down the family, tear down the way the public schools function, etc. If they were to be successful in all of their lawsuits, the country would collapse. And some sort of dictatorial regime unfriendly to the likes of the ACLU would replace our current system. How ironic that the ACLU is the ultimate parasite, in that, it would consume its host until the host is dead, and the killing of its host results in its own destruction. The ACLU thus by definition can't love freedom because it wants to destroy freedom, to destroy the greatest nation ever created, the nation with the greatest respect for individual freedom the world has ever known.

[muawiyah]

Did I say "rabbi"? I meant "ACLU-nik".

Barry Lynn, who is not a "rabbi" (or even much of a teacher to use one English translation of the word) definitely believes strongly in "word magic". You can't watch him for more than a minute without him getting angry at what someone else might say.

This is all non-Biblical superstition.

[hlmencken3]

Rabbi Aryeh Spero of New York and Ohio was appointed senior advisor to former Republican Presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan's 2000 campaign.

[starfish923]

The ACLU doesn't have A-CLU.

[Darkwolf377]

Are these anti-Christian/Christmas cases increasing, or are we just hearing more about them? Anyone have a site or article that tracks the numbers of incidents?

[No_Outcome_But_Victory]

Duh! Commies never change their stripes. Saith Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the masses."

Moral mandates that are closely believed is the only thing that keeps the society from totally degenerating into 'Lord of the Flies'.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

...some are envious and do what envious people often do: crush the object of their jealousy.

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What they lack in themselves they deride in others.

Excellent summary of the mental illness called Liberalism.

[EverOnward]

How the ACLU has been granted so much power is beyond me. And the solution is?

[Logical me]

Damn, how much longer should we tolerate the ACLU? Time cut off public funds and force the courts to grant no awards. Doing it on their dollar will stop this crap.

[McGavin999]

The ACLU needs to be stipped of their tax exempt status.

[Gritty]

This is as well said as I've ever heard it said. The Rabbi is correct.

The ACLU deserves to be destroyed, no less than the Communist Party deserved to be destroyed. Birds-of-a-feather, and all that....

[YOUGOTIT]

The ACLU is a Communist fascist organization that must be stopped. Write your elected representatives and demand that the ACLU not be allowed to use your tax money to destroy the country.

[Frank_2001]

Excellent article!

[rhema]

. . .I happen to know the background and mindset of many of those behind these lawsuits. As secularists they abhor genuine convictions of Faith and cannot abide its challenge to their own irreligiousity. They fear it - especially the powerful Christian variant - for it bespeaks of their own rootlessness and lack of religious belief. Thus their need to destroy it. Some are, sadly, simply anti-Christian - a bigotry acceptable among today's cultural elitists; some are envious and do what envious people often do: crush the object of their jealousy.