Neal Boortz said this today:
We take you now to Rocklin, Calif., where the American Civil Liberties Union has demonstrated just how far to the left the organization really is.
The target of its protest is Breen Elementary School. After Sept. 11, a marquee in front of the school was changed to read "God Bless America."
The ACLU doesn't like this message one bit. They were notified by a parent whose child attends the school and was "greatly troubled by the sign."
On Wednesday, the ACLU of Northern California sent a letter to Breen Elementary's administrators. Staff Counsel Margaret Crosby said the message "must be replaced immediately" and called it a "clear violation of the California and United States constitutions, as well as the California Education Code." She said the words "God Bless America" sent "a hurtful, divisive message." On Friday, she added that "by displaying a religious message, the Breen Elementary School is dividing its young students along religious lines. School officials are hurting and isolating their schoolchildren of minority faiths when they should be supporting them and the values of pluralism and tolerance."
Huh? This isn't a religious expression. The sign isn't saying "God Bless You." It's promoting a patriotic message. How in the hell does a patriotic expression isolate and divide students?
The administrators at Breen Elementary, bless their hearts, won't remove the words from the marquee. Breen Elementary's principal, Terry Thornton, told the Sacramento Bee, "We are planning on keeping up our message."
The ACLU of Northern California says it's "entirely unprecedented" for a school to refuse to take down such a message. In other words, they're not accustomed to resistance.
Let's hope the good folks at Breen Elementary can withstand the pressure from an organization that's becoming less and less credible with every passing day.
You go Neal!!
Got an e-mail for this school? I'd like to sent them words of support for what they're doing. I'm sure they'd appreciate it. Thanks.