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| − | The ACLU is the American Civil Liberties Union, which was run for its first 30 years by a non-Christian socialist named Roger Baldwin, who helped found it in 1920 in response to the [[Espionage Act]] and [[Sedition Act]]. Baldwin's stated purpose in creating the ACLU was "We are for SOCIALISM, disarmament, and ultimately for abolishing the state itself... We seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the SOLE CONTROL of those who produce wealth. COMMUNISM is the goal." <ref>http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9402/aclu.html</ref> | + | The ACLU is the American Civil Liberties Union, which was run for its first 30 years by a non-Christian socialist named Roger Baldwin, who helped found it in 1920 in response to the [[Espionage Act]] and [[Sedition Act]]. Baldwin's stated purpose in creating the ACLU was "We are for SOCIALISM, disarmament, and ultimately for abolishing the state itself... We seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the SOLE CONTROL of those who produce wealth. COMMUNISM is the goal." <ref>http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9402/aclu.html</ref>. He no longer runs the organization. There are in fact several different ACLU's in the various states. |
| − | + | The ACLU of Michigan defended a Christian student seeking to have a Biblical passage on the student's yearbook page.<ref>http://www.aclu.org/studentsrights/expression/12845prs20040511.html</ref> There are other examples of the ACLU protecting rights of Christians.<ref>http://www.aclufightsforchristians.com</ref> | |
| − | Typical of ACLU litigation was its expenditure of millions of dollars on the [[Dover trial]] in order to prohibit an elected school board from introducing public school students to concepts or books concerning [[Intelligent design]]. | + | Typical of ACLU litigation was its expenditure of millions of dollars on the [[Dover trial]] in order to prohibit an elected school board from introducing, for religious purposes, public school students to concepts or books concerning [[Intelligent design]]. The merits of the ACLU argument are shown by how the trial judge copied more than 90% of the ACLU's brief for his ruling <ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3829&program=CSC%20-%20Views%20and%20News</ref>. As federal law provides, an individual protecting their constitutional rights is entitled to attorney's fees, and the judge approved an order requiring the school board to reimburse the seven-figure ACLU legal expenses. The judge also prohibited any mention of [[Intelligent design]] by teachers in the public school. |
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Revision as of 06:02, February 23, 2007
The ACLU is the American Civil Liberties Union, which was run for its first 30 years by a non-Christian socialist named Roger Baldwin, who helped found it in 1920 in response to the Espionage Act and Sedition Act. Baldwin's stated purpose in creating the ACLU was "We are for SOCIALISM, disarmament, and ultimately for abolishing the state itself... We seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the SOLE CONTROL of those who produce wealth. COMMUNISM is the goal." [1]. He no longer runs the organization. There are in fact several different ACLU's in the various states.
The ACLU of Michigan defended a Christian student seeking to have a Biblical passage on the student's yearbook page.[2] There are other examples of the ACLU protecting rights of Christians.[3]
Typical of ACLU litigation was its expenditure of millions of dollars on the Dover trial in order to prohibit an elected school board from introducing, for religious purposes, public school students to concepts or books concerning Intelligent design. The merits of the ACLU argument are shown by how the trial judge copied more than 90% of the ACLU's brief for his ruling [4]. As federal law provides, an individual protecting their constitutional rights is entitled to attorney's fees, and the judge approved an order requiring the school board to reimburse the seven-figure ACLU legal expenses. The judge also prohibited any mention of Intelligent design by teachers in the public school.
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