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removed statement that the ACLU rarely defends Christian speech; a look at the recent cases in their "religious liberty" section shows this to be untrue. added fact tag on the homosexuality.
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==ACLU and Free Speech==
 
==ACLU and Free Speech==
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The ACLU rarely defends Christian speech, and virtually never defends speech that is critical of homosexuality.  The ACLU was silent with respect to the widely publicized censorship of a T-shirt critical of homosexuality that was worn by student Tyler Chase Harper at his public school.  "[I]t's hard to explain the ACLU's apparent equanimity about the violation of Mr. Harper's First Amendment rights -- unless you consider the content of his speech.  This case does not appear to be anomalous.  Despite its professed commitment to religious liberty, for example, the ACLU tends to absent itself from cases on college campuses involving the associational rights of Christian student groups to discriminate against gay students, in accordance with their religious beliefs."<ref>Wendy Kaminer, "The American Liberal Liberties Union," Wall Street Journal (May 23, 2007).</ref>
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The ACLU virtually never defends speech that is critical of homosexuality.{{fact}} The ACLU was silent with respect to the widely publicized censorship of a T-shirt critical of homosexuality that was worn by student Tyler Chase Harper at his public school.  "[I]t's hard to explain the ACLU's apparent equanimity about the violation of Mr. Harper's First Amendment rights -- unless you consider the content of his speech.  This case does not appear to be anomalous.  Despite its professed commitment to religious liberty, for example, the ACLU tends to absent itself from cases on college campuses involving the associational rights of Christian student groups to discriminate against gay students, in accordance with their religious beliefs."<ref>Wendy Kaminer, "The American Liberal Liberties Union," Wall Street Journal (May 23, 2007).</ref>
    
==ACLU Against the Boy Scouts==
 
==ACLU Against the Boy Scouts==

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