ACLU Speaker Bashes Faith-Based Initiatives

Posted on October 17, 2005

In another effort to help fight our First Amendment rights that guarantee us the freedom of religion, an ACLU attorney in Pennsylvania made a speech bashing things such as the displaying of the Ten Commandments, and faith-based initiatives supported by President Bush.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Lancaster chapter of the ACLU Sunday, ACLU of Pennsylvania attorney Mary Catherine Roper said there is a concerted effort at every level and in every branch of government to erode the principle that the government may not promote any brand of faith. SOURCE

She accused the government of a massive conspiracy, which isn’t anything new from the left. These are afterall the same people that believe the Patriot Act is a concerted effort to steal our civil liberties. Just ask the ACLU about their policy with libraries. She went on to say that faith-based initiatives are unconstitutional if supported by the government. She also criticized the idea that alternative theories to evolution should be taught in schools, and she tried to use the Establishment clause as ammunition.

Her lecture, “Faith-Based Government: The Other Holy War,” drew more than 30 people to Friends Meeting House.

“Where we’ve been having battles now, and what I call the ‘holy war,’ … is over the ‘establishment’ clause,” Roper said.

The “establishment” clause, Roper said, is a provision of The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that restricted Congress from making laws “respecting an establishment of religion.”

The First Amendment also precludes Congress from making laws that restricts the “free exercise” of religion.

Roper said the principle of separation of church and state, which many people believe is derived from the First Amendment, is being undermined by recent Supreme Court decisions on displays of the Ten Commandments on government property, the Bush administration’s support of faith-based initiatives and actions by public school boards on the teaching of evolution. SOURCE

I am more concerned about the ACLU’s concerted effort to fight Faith-Based Initiatives. The ACLU wasn’t screaming when the Salvation Army (a faith-based organization) responded to Hurricane Katrina. This is another piece of anti-Christian rhetoric that the ACLU has put out.

This is REAL Teen’s first post for Stop the ACLU. He runs Right on the Right and also contributes to Conservative Spirit.

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5 Responses to “ACLU Speaker Bashes Faith-Based Initiatives”

t3knomanser on October 17th, 2005 6:46 pm

Ummm… the Salvation Army isn’t the government. If anything, that shoots holes in your argument- doesn’t support it. Suddenly, it’s much less a war against religion, and more a war against the government being involved in it.
Jay on October 17th, 2005 7:11 pm

Bwahahahahahah! The other holy war! They need to get their head in the game, in the real holy war. Don’t they have some terrorists to defend somewhere?
RealTeen on October 17th, 2005 8:33 pm

No, but I am wondering why the ACLU is against government support of faith-based groups, and the ACLU didnt say anything when the government worked with the Salvation Army in the aftermath of Katrina.
Jay on October 17th, 2005 9:34 pm

Great job on the post by the way!
RealTeen on October 17th, 2005 9:55 pm

Thanks Jay