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In a rare example{{fact}} of an ACLU chapter siding with a Christian student, the ACLU of Michigan (which has no connection with other ACLU organizations) 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> Most people believe that these extremely rare occurrences are simply an attempt by the ACLU to mask an anti-Christian and anti-American agenda{{fact}}.

In a rare example{{fact}} of an ACLU chapter siding with a Christian student, the ACLU of Michigan (which has no connection with other ACLU organizations) 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> Most people believe that these extremely rare occurrences are simply an attempt by the ACLU to mask an anti-Christian and anti-American agenda{{fact}}.

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]]. At the end of this case the trial judge, who simply 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>, 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.

Typical of ACLU litigation was the expenditure of over $2 million in legal fees and expenses on the [[Dover trial]] in order to prohibit an elected school board from introducing public school students to concepts or books concerning [[Intelligent design]]. At the end of this case the trial judge simply 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> The judge then entered a judgment for $2,067,226.00 against the school board members for the legal fees and expenses of the ACLU's side. The judge also prohibited any mention of [[Intelligent design]] by teachers in the public school. The judge's order also prevented any appeal of his opinion in the case.

 

The judge relied heavily on the decision in ''Selman v. Cobb County Sch. Dist.'', 390 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (N.D. Ga. 2005). But that decision was later reversed on appeal in ''Selman v. Cobb County Sch. Dist.'', 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 13005 (11th Cir. May 25, 2006).

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