Posted on 08/10/2005 9:21:29 AM PDT by churchillbuff
Barrow County commissioners have agreed to pay $150,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of a court agreement over a Ten Commandments display that has been removed from the courthouse.
Commissioners voted Tuesday night to pay the money.
Barrow County and the ACLU agreed to settle a federal lawsuit last month and remove the Ten Commandments display hanging in a breezeway of the courthouse. As a part of the settlement, U.S. District Judge William O'Kelley ordered Barrow County to pay "John Doe" — an anonymous Barrow County resident who sued the county — $1 in damages. The $150,000 is for legal fees.
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What was that? The ACLU should be disbanded and investigated under the Rico Act because they are pretty much the same as a Mob? hmmmmm this story almost sounds like extortion to me.
What kind of 'RATS 'n RINO's we got in such a County Commission to crumble like so to the ACLU ????
Putting up the 10 Commandments is like saying "screw you" to the taxpayers.
The ACLU legal racket continues ...
This is like the folks in Iraq who are paying terrorists to release kidnap victims ...
it only gets recycled into further parasitic behavior.
No,no,no.
Giving in to the ACLU is like saying 'screw you' to the taxpayers.
Somebody has to stand up to this ganster organization.
Sad.
Something like this sticks in my craw, bad!
SOURCE: STOP THE ACLU BLOG by Jay777
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled unanimously that a woman represented by the ACLU who sued the City of Cranston, R.I., after being offended by Christmas displays at City Hall had no standing to bring her claim. "This is the court's message: you can't sue just because you're an offended observer," said ADF Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull. "The appeals court today rejected what has been a longstanding ACLU tactic-filing lawsuits simply for the reason that somebody claims to be offended.
The Christmas displays in Cranston were perfectly constitutional, just as the district court ruled." On Nov. 15 of last year, a federal district court ruled that the City of Cranston's practice of allowing private holiday displays, including religious displays, on the front lawn of City Hall does not violate the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
The district court did grant an injunction against the city on other grounds at that time, but the appeals court today threw out the injunction saying that the client represented by the ACLU had no standing to sue.
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According to George Carlin, when you think about it, the Ten Commandments, posted in a courthouse with all the restrictions against stealing, committing adultery, and lying, would tend to create a hostile work environment for judges, politicians, and lawyers.
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