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A plan that would cut off the pipeline of taxpayer money that now flows into American Civil Liberties Union coffers has been advanced by the House Judiciary Committee. The Public Expression of Religion Act, introduced by Indiana Congressman John Hostettler, now will move to the full House for a vote, he said in his announcement this week. "This is a big victory for Americans who care about our rich religious heritage in this country," he said. "There is a lot of excitement about this bill." It has been vigorously supported by the American Legion, where Commander Rees Lloyd described it...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing school districts in California and Kentucky in an attempt to force them to conduct mandatory homosexual appreciation sessions for students and staff. In south Los Angeles, the ACLU of Southern California, along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), reached a settlement requiring mandatory attitudinal training at Washington Preparatory High School. “The training is a model for the state,” said Christine Sun, staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, in a press release. The sessions, according to the NCLR release, include: “mandatory day-long faculty training on diversity, discrimination and harassment,...