Let's give the ACLU a big DU boost!

[Pushed To The Left]

The ACLU is under attack now more than ever by the hardcore right wing. We need to show them some support! The more I hear and read about the ACLU, the happier I am that I am a monthly donor. There are around 70,000 DUers...can you imagine of all of us gave just $5 to the ACLU at the same time? I propose that all of us, in the next 24 hours if possible, go to www.aclu.org and donate $5 or more. We need to make a statement that we don't believe the lies of the radical right, and that civil liberties are important to Americans.

[katinmn]

1. I'm a card carrying member!

I encourage everyone to send $5 or whatever they can afford.

They are heroes, IMO.

[wli]

2. what does this attack consist of?

[Pushed To The Left]

4. RW talk show hosts are calling them

"the most dangerous organization in America". They seem to come after the ACLU harder than they come after Democrats! Bill O'Reilly is the worst offender by far. When he talks about the ACLU, the right wing partisanship that he tries to hide is very obvious. There is an anti-ACLU website www.stoptheaclu.org which I think every progressive should look at to see how radical the ACLU's biggest opponents are.

[davidinalameda]

5. there's an ad on that site for the Red Cross

I wonder how they would respond if a few people wrote to them and asked they why they were advertising on such a political website, especially with their non-profit status--the ad was placed there by some internet company--ExpoActive

isn't that a big no-no?

I took a screen shot of the ad if anyone wants it

[reprobate]

3. My wife and I joined just last month.

[yurbud]

6. done--I've put off joining for a while, but their abu ghraib work deserves

credit--as does all the rest for the rule of law.

Hillbilly Hitler art:



Blog:

[toey]

7. done

[Ian David]

8. Why isn't Stop The ACLU attacking THIS family?

ACLU of New Jersey Defends Second-Grader's Right to Sing Religious Song (6/5/2006)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: [e-mail]

NEWARK, NJ -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case seeking to uphold an elementary school student's right to religious expression.

The Frenchtown Elementary School student, whose initials are O.T., wanted to sing the song "Awesome God" in a voluntary, after-school talent show. School officials refused to allow the student to sing her song, saying it would give the impression that the school favored religion. “O.T.” remains anonymous to protect her privacy.

"There is a distinction between religious expression initiated or endorsed by school personnel, and speech initiated by individual students," said ACLU of New Jersey cooperating attorney Jennifer Klear of Drinker, Biddle & Reath in New York. "The Constitution protects a student's individual right to express herself, including religious expression."

In its brief, the ACLU argued that no reasonable observer would have believed that the school endorsed the religious message behind the student's song, and that the school therefore had no right to deny her choice of song.

The talent show was open for anyone from the 1st through 8th grades who wished to play a solo instrument, dance, perform a skit or sing karaoke. Students were permitted to select their own songs or skits.

"We are dedicated to protecting the right of individual religious expression," said ACLU of New Jersey Legal Director Ed Barocas. "O.T. has our full support in defense of her right to sing a religious song in the talent show."

The ACLU of New Jersey has participated in other cases involving the right of individual religious expression, including recently helping to ensure that jurors are not removed from jury pools for wearing religious clothing and that prisoners are able to obtain religious literature.

The case, O.T. v. Frenchtown Elementary School, was filed in federal court in Trenton.

For more information on the ACLU’s defense of religious expression, go to www.aclu.org/religion

More:
http://www.aclu.org/religion/schools/25799prs20060605.html

[NMMNG]

9. The RW twits never notice when the ACLU protects *their* rights

They think the ACLU is only a "leftist" organization. It actually protects everybodys' rights.