ACLU Membership In Florida Up 35% Since Sept. 11

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ACLU Membership In Florida Up 35% Since Sept. 11

Published: Jun 22, 2003

MIAMI - The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has seen a 35 percent jump in members and supporters since the Sept. 11 attacks. The ACLU now has 17,600 members in Florida, up from 13,000 two years ago, the group said Thursday in a news release.

National membership has increased to 400,000, an increase of 50,000, during the same time span.

ACLU Florida Director Howard Simon said the membership surge is primarily related to people who are worried about protecting their constitutional freedoms.

``The public is becoming increasingly troubled by government measures that have been enacted since 9/ 11,'' Simon said.

He added that Florida is ``being disproportionately affected'' by new federal policies because of the state's large immigrant population.

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could it be retired democrats? Could it be the efforts to recruit lawyers with the promise of court appointed cases in exchange for joining? How many of those members are just people moving to florida? last i heard florida has thousands of people moving in every week. Must be the same thousands who attended the martha burk protests at the Augusta gold club.

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Could it just be people of all persuasions who see a danger in the restrictive laws being passed against Americans in the name of a false scurity? Why does it have to be anything other than people who are concerned for their personal freedoms?

BTW, I am not a member, do not intend to be. I despise this org., however, on this issue, I agree with them.