Posted on 06/27/2006 7:35:23 AM PDT by Jay777
Is the ACLU's current executive director, Anthony Romero, a creature of the Ford Foundation? Is he a puppet more concerned with fundraising than civil liberties? These are the kind of accusations that some former and current ACLU executives and members are saying.
The NY Sun has an article today that focuses on Anthony Romero (read the whole thing). Here is what Micheal Myers, former vice president of the ACLU, had to say:
"He's not a civil libertarian," one of Mr. Romero's most persistent critics, Michael Meyers of the New York Civil Rights Coalition, said. "He doesn't have civil liberties in his bones. He's a creature of the Ford Foundation. This guy acts just like a foundation executive."
This type of criticism seems to be a common theme from many former and current ACLU members. Many seem to think that Romero's focus on fundraising instead of civil liberties has put the ACLU's priorities in the wrong place. Romero is drawing fire from more than just Myers.
In 2004, Mr. Romero was faulted by the group's board and many of its affiliates for signing an agreement to abide by a sanctions blacklist connected to the charitable donation program for federal employees, the Combined Federal Campaign. He also drew fire for agreeing to a Ford Foundation stipulation that grant recipients not "promote or engage in violence, terrorism or bigotry or the destruction of any state."
(Excerpt) Read more at stoptheaclu.com ...
Romero is also a professional "gay" activist.
The Ford Foundation has been on the side of homosexual activism for a long time, btw.
For all the crap and turmoil this wicked organization has spewed upon America I hope the ACLU reaps a bountiful harvest of discord and buckets of trouble for the damage they have sowed and inflicted to the noble and good of this nation. Let them crumble into disarray...does a heart good to see it.
Freedom lovers asleep bump
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