Posted on 09/02/2005 2:59:42 PM PDT by dukeman
The New Mexico chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is objecting to the new logo for the Village of Tijeras. Some village residents are objecting to the ACLU.
At issue is the village seal, an image containing depictions of a conquistador’s helmet, a sword and a Catholic rosary. It’s the last item that has the ACLU concerned.
“Religious minorities cannot be made to feel like outsiders simply because the government endorses in an unenlightened way the majority faith,” says Peter Simonson, the executive director of the New Mexico ACLU.
“It’s part of the culture that has been the Village of Tijeras for centuries,” argues Mayor Gloria Chavez, who later said, “the response I got from people is fight it, don’t sit back.”
“I don’t see why this needs to be an issue or an episode,” said Tijeras resident Norm Scott. “This has nothing to do with the first amendment or my civil liberties. This has something to do with people having nothing better to do.”
Simonson has said the ACLU would rather settle this disagreement without taking any legal action. But on Thursday, Simonson said that village officials are not listening to reason and he may have to resort to the courts.
If the case winds up before a judge, the legal precedent will be on the ACLU’s side: In 1985 the ACLU successfully sued Bernalillo County to have a Spanish cross removed from the county’s seal. That cross has been replaced with a Zia.
This is what this ACLU twit is focusing on NOW, during the biggest disaster in the history of our country?!?!?!?
You have to be the lowest type lowlife lawyer in a profession that is loaded with lowlifes to be an attorney for the ACLU.
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I call your attention to the use of the term "unenlightened". If the ACLU is enlightened then what are the rest of us who would just as soon see the ACLU run over in the street?
I object to the ACLU using the words 'American' and 'Liberty' in their name.
They will get away with this. They always do. And the taxpayers will foot the bill for their attorneys.
The ACLU has way too much time on Its' hands.
Their hostility towards faith (they are anything but neutral)is more damaging than the symbols they attack.
Or maybe a Supreme Court Justice aka RBGinselbreath
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Precisely. I hope the town forces the weenie-whining liberal puke to sue them. ACLU needs to have their bluffs called everywhere, every time.
ACLU: a-holes; commies; lunatics; unamerican
No, this is about the legal arm of the American Communist Party working the courts and lawsuits angle to force America into chaos so they can then rebuild it into a Marxist hellhole with themselves as the pampered, powdered elites.
Simonson has said the ACLU would rather settle this disagreement without taking any legal action. But on Thursday, Simonson said that village officials are not listening to reason and he may have to resort to the courts.
What unmitigated, breathtaking arrogance. How godforsaken, wretched and hopelessly lost these people are.
"he may have to resort to the courts"
The ACLU LOVES to threaten this; they know that the mere threat is intimidation, because most towns can't afford
the litigation, and most would rather just settle than
suffer the risk.
And so we lose our liberties--because we aren't willing even to defend them in the courts.
The tide is turning, with a lot of ground to make up, thanks to groups like the Alliance Defense Fund. If they get involved, the defense won't cost the town a nickel.
Here in Virginia, ever since "open carry", Ken Willis and his band of snarling running dog lackeys at the local ACLU have been mighty quiet.
The unofficial logo of the ACLU is a swirling toilet bowl.
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