Ten Ways the ACLU is Destroying America

Posted on November 17, 2006

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Via Good News Daily:

How many times have you heard about another assault on Christianity by the ACLU and thrown up your hands with a resigned “What can you do?”

Well, there’s a lot you can do – and it doesn’t take lots of time or money. What it takes is boldness, according to Sam Kastensmidt, author of a new book titled, “Indefensible: Ten Ways the ACLU is Destroying America.”

“It takes a movement that says, ‘Enough is enough.’ We’ve been led down avenues we don’t want to go down anymore. God and religion have been removed from the public arena, life has been devalued and marriage is being assaulted,” said Kastensmidt, a news analyst with Coral Ridge Ministries’ Center for Reclaiming America in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “We now see a country that our founders wouldn’t recognize, and it’s all because people have chosen not to speak the truth, but to sit back, hide and stay comfortable.”

As a result, Kastensmidt says, the American Civil Liberties Union has been extremely successful in bending the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The grocery list of what the ACLU has accomplished through its lawsuits directed at schools, towns and individuals is astounding: Taking “Christ” out of Christmas at schools, forcing towns to take down their nativity displays, silencing prayer at graduations, working against public Christian messages such as “Choose Life” license plates, lobbying for laws that strike down parental involvement in teen abortion.

And what this group is working for is just as troubling as what it has worked against: assisted suicide, same-sex marriage, gay adoption, a lower age of sexual consent for youths.

“The name ‘American Civil Liberties Union, would lead most Americans to believe that the organization is a noble defender of liberty in the finest tradition of our nation’s founders . . . it parades under a false banner of liberty while attacking the very foundations of America,” said Kastensmidt, who calls the group “a tremendous threat to America’s future stability.”

The majority of Americans, he says, do not agree with the views put forth by the ACLU, but they feel powerless to stop it. There are concrete things anyone in their community can do make a difference, however, he said.

People can call their legislators and let them know how they stand on issues. This may sound intimidating and time-consuming, but it isn’t at all, Kastensmidt said. “You’ll be talking to a college-aged staffer who will mark down your opinion on a tally sheet. When Christians are silent and the other side is vocal, it’s like we’re approving of the status quo,” he said.

People can sign on-line petitions at www.reclaimamerica.org that are delivered to Washington. Recently, the center collected more than 2,000 signatures in support of legislation that would prevent the ACLU from profiting from arguing religious cases.

Churches could hold short, issues-awareness meetings for their congregations, letting them know how the Bible speaks to the issues that are going on in the world, and how they can act. “When there is a decision on an issue drawn on Biblical lines, such as an amendment to the state constitution to protect marriage, the churches could inform their congregations of which stands support traditional values,” Kastensmidt said.

Community forums could be convened to educate people on their religious rights. The Center for Reclaiming America and other organizations are willing to send speakers to these forums and have materials available that speak to these issues. “We live in an age where everything must be politically correct. People are scared to be offensive. Christians are always to have grace and truth on their lips, but with genuine concern, they must speak up on these issues.”

The original meaning of separation of church and state – which was to protect religious groups from having a state religion imposed on them – has been so twisted that now people don’t know what their rights are anymore, Kastensmidt said. Educational forums in communities across America could go a long way toward emboldening people, he said.

For instance, it’s OK for school boards and city councils to open meetings with prayer. And schools and government entities must provide equal access to groups of faith.
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It’s OK for a school chorus program to include a song with the word “Christmas” in it. It’s OK for students to bring their Bibles to school. It’s OK for your child to wear a t-shirt to school that bears the word “God.” It’s OK for Christian clubs to meet on school grounds (during non-curriculum time), and it’s OK for students to share their faith during non-instructional time at school.

Do any of those things surprise you? The ACLU wants you to think it’s not OK, Kastensmidt said.

“What’s really exciting is to see the development of different legal ministries, such as the Liberty Council, the Alliance Defense Fund, the Rutherford Institute, that are specializing in defending communities from attacks from the ACLU,” he said. “And the courts are actually coming around.”