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Line 7: − − ==ACLU and Rush Limbaugh== − − The ACLU rushed to the aid of talk show host Rush Limbaugh when he was under investigation for 'doctor shopping' to feed his prescription narcotics habit. The ACLU argued that the privacy rights of the drug addict and self-proiclaimed 'Republican kingmaker' were being violated by an overzealous states attorney who was a Democrat. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108140,00.html</ref> Despite making statements such as the one Limbaugh made on his short-lived television show on Oct. 5, 1995; "Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. ... And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up," the ACLU defended the narcotics-addled hypocrite anyway. Line 64:
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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>
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>
==ACLU Against the Boy Scouts==
==ACLU Against the Boy Scouts==
==Polygamy==
==Polygamy==
The ACLU has defended [[polygamy|polygamists]]{{fact-political}}.
The ACLU has defended [[polygamy|polygamists]]{{fact-political}}.
==ACLU and Medical Records==
The ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief in favor of the privacy of Rush Limbaugh in his medical records when he was under investigation for 'doctor shopping.' The ACLU argued that the privacy rights of a patient were being violated.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108140,00.html</ref>
==Views of the ACLU Founder==
==Views of the ACLU Founder==