Bill O'Reilly says in his column today (7/27/2007):
"Now, please, can we put this ACLU thing to bed once and for all? This is a far-left advocacy group with no interest in anybody's speech it doesn't like. Yeah, once in a while it will stick up for a non-liberal cause, but in a contrived public relations move. You want free speech? The ACLU is a dishonest group that hides behind the First Amendment in order to promote a secular progressive America."
O'Reilly is exactly correct in this commentary. The ACLU isn't about promoting the First Amendment or any other provision of the Bill of Rights, or even civil liberties. It is about promoting a far left political agenda under the guise of these covers. Just check out our list of ACLU outrages on this website. The ACLU loves to speak up for the rights of the Ku Klux Klan occasionally, precisely as O'Reilly suggests, because they can then appear to be broad-based defenders of free speech while not actually defending any serious non-liberal speech. But you never see the ACLU speaking up for the free speech rights of Christians, for example, or anyone who believes in traditional moral values, like the Boy Scouts.
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"But you never see the ACLU speaking up for the free speech rights of Christians, for example, or anyone who believes in traditional moral values, like the Boy Scouts."
I don't wish to be difficult, but perhaps Mr. Ferrara might read this very website before making such statements.
In the "first amendment lottery" posting below, doesn't it say that the ACLU defended The College Republicans at San Francisco State University regarding their anti-terrorism demonstration? Mightn't one assume that these college Republicans believe in traditional moral values?
From the linked posting, 4th paragraph: "According to FIRE's press release, media from across the country rallied to the support of the accused in defense of constitutional liberty. The Northern California Chapter of the ACLU also defended the students. After the group representatives appeared before a school tribunal, the announcement came that the students would not face punishment."
If that isn't enough for Mr. Ferrara & Mr. O'Reilly, three more links (the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th links listed when googling the words "ACLU" "defend" "Christians"):
American Civil Liberties Union : Iowa Civil Liberties Union Defends Right of Students to Wear Anti-Abortion T-Shirts
American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU of Michigan Defends Catholic Man Coerced to Convert to Pentecostal Faith in Drug Rehab Program
Preemptive Karma: The ACLU Hates Christians...
Posted by repsac3 | July 28, 2007 12:23 PM
Posted on July 28, 2007 12:23