Posted on 05/31/2005 11:46:40 AM PDT by ViLaLuz
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Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)
HR 2679 IH
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2679
To amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. WAMP, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. SODREL, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. OTTER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. POE, and Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the `Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005 '.
(a) Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights- Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended--
(1) by inserting `(a)' before the first sentence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(b) The remedies with respect to a claim under this section where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion shall be limited to injunctive relief.'.
(b) Attorneys Fees- Section 722(b) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1988(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: `However, no fees shall be awarded under this subsection with respect to a claim described in subsection (b) of section nineteen hundred and seventy nine.'.
GO John Hostettler, make them fight for their own money.
Where's the part where we can get a bounty for bringing in a furry ACLU pelt?
http://www.alarmingnews.com/archives/003059.html
Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., filed a measure to amend the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. Section 1988, to prohibit prevailing parties from being awarded attorneys fee in religious establishment cases, but not in other civil rights filings. If you want to corral the ACLU, then consider a letter or email to your Congressman urging them to cosponsor this legislation. Here's a short description of the bill, it's too new to have been published in thomas.loc.gov yet.
Short and simple. If enacted it would cut off the life-blood of the ACLU and other vampires that feed on our country.
ACLU ping
Thanks John Hostettler, for bringing this forward. GO INDIANA!
I believe so. Please help get news of this bill out far and wide. The battle is beginning.
Hello muawiyah... It's not there because snakes don't have furry pelts!
Darned, just darned~! Maybe we could make belts out of them ~ get a big shiny truck driver belt, or maybe one of those race car driver things.
As I have previously expressed in various posts, I do have some problems with some aspects of the Christian Right's agenda, but I would support this act. Too much time, money and energy has been spent in trying to get God out of public life while screaming about separation of Church and State (we all know the left's interpretation of this is absolutely false). As many in FR have expressed, why are "atheists" so angry, afraid, or whatever about something they claim doesn't exist? It's more as if they were God-haters or Judeo-Christian haters. I have never seen the ACLU, American Atheist Society or any other group that has a penchant for filing law suits in reference to the separation clause do so when it comes to let's say "Pagan-Wicca groups". Not that pagans shouldn't have the right to express their beliefs publicly as well (Hey I think solstice celebrations are cool.....don't know if I really want to join a coven though). This Act will clarify or more possibly force the Supremes to identify what the separation of church and state really means as well as taking the wind out of the ACLU.
Trying to cleanup these kind of snakes is hard. The garbage they live in is hard to get off.
ping
Thank you! Please spread the word. We can cut the ACLU off from the taxpayer teat.
Thanks for the link, Jay777, you are awesome!
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 (GREATLY ORGANIZED ACTIVIST SITE..PLEASE JOIN) - 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 yahoo group just started on December 3, 2004 and is looking for new members
The Center For Reclaiming America (petitions to congress)
American Family Assn. Center for Law and Policy
"I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and sole control of those who produced the wealth: communism is the goal." - Roger Baldwin, ACLU founder, Harvard Reunion Book, 1935
"The establishment of an American Soviet government will involve the confiscation of large landed estates in town and country, and also, the whole body to forests, mineral deposits, lakes, rivers and so on." - William Z. Foster, ACLU co-founder and former chairman, Communist Party USA.
Let me know if you would like to join my ACLU ping list
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