[mugs99]

I agree, but I still don't want to see a Madrassa in a public school.

[do the dhue]

While the bulk of the ACLU's cases involve the First Amendment, Equal Protection, Due Process, and the right to privacy (see, e.g., the Louisiana chapter [9]), the organization has taken positions on a wide range of important issues. Broadly, the ACLU supports:


Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaking at an ACLU event. Villaraigosa is a former board member and president of the ACLU Southern California affiliate.separation of church and state; under this mandate, the ACLU:
Opposes the government-sponsored display of religious symbols on public property;
Opposes official prayers, religious ceremonies, and some kinds of "moments of silence" [10] in public schools or schools funded with public money;
full freedom of speech and of the press, including school newspapers;
reproductive rights, including the right to use contraception and to have an abortion;
full civil rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people, including government benefits for homosexual couples equal to those provided for heterosexual ones;
affirmative action as a means of redressing past discrimination and achieving a racially diverse student body [11];
the rights of defendants and suspects against unconstitutional police practices;
the decriminalization of drugs such as heroin, cocaine and marijuana [12];
privacy as it "works to preserve the American tradition that the government not track individuals or violate privacy unless it has evidence of wrongdoing." [13]
immigrants' rights by "challenging unconstitutional laws and practices, countering the myths upon which many of these laws are based." [14]
The ACLU has opposed some campaign finance laws such as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which it considers an inappropriate restriction upon freedom of expression. It does not have a policy of blanket opposition to all laws on campaign finance.

Regarding gun control laws, the official policy of the national ACLU argues that the Second Amendment is "intended mainly to protect the right of the states to maintain militias to assure their own freedom and security against the central government" and is not intended to "confer an unlimited right upon individuals to own guns or other weapons." [15]

The ACLU has been noted for vigorously defending the right to express unpopular, controversial, and extremist opinions from any part of the political spectrum.


To many things the ACLU stands against that I believe in. My money goes to the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).

[do the dhue]

You like to say that the ACLU defends the Bill of Rights. What about this?

The Truth: The ACLU defends the parts of the Bill of Rights that are in line with its agenda. What about the second, ninth, and tenth amendment?

ACLU POLICY “The ACLU believes that the individual’s right to bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia. Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. Therefore, there is no constitutional impediment to the regulation of firearms.”ACLU

And they certainly don’t believe in States rights, constantly attempting to override the will of the people via the judicial branch.