ACLU Call on Fellow Moonbats to Wear Orange to Protest Gitmo
Posted on December 6, 2007
The ACLU sent this email out to their subscribers and members today. In protest of holding our captured enemies in very humane resorts prisons, the ACLU are calling on its members to donate and make a fashion statement.
On January 11, 2002 the first prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at the prison at Guantánamo Bay.
In the six years since, the prison has been a mark of shame for our country. In fact, three years after the military tribunals were first established there, there has yet to be a single trial completed for any person in custody.
Every day that the prison at Guantánamo stays open is an insult to our values and makes a mockery of our commitment to justice and the rule of law.
That’s why on January 11th, the ACLU is leading a nationwide movement calling on people of conscience to wear orange and demand an immediate end to the injustice at Guantánamo Bay. By standing in solidarity we can shift the debate on this national disgrace. So, we’re teaming up with organizations across the country to demand the prison be closed and asking ACLU activists to get involved.
To help you participate in this national day of action, we’re asking ACLU activists to wear an orange “Close Guantánamo” armband on January 11. You can get a “Close Guantánamo” armband when you make a contribution to the ACLU today.
The fact is the Bush Administration decided to hold prisoners at Guantánamo because it believed the offshore location would be beyond the reach of our courts. This turned Guantánamo into a laboratory for indefinite detention and cruel treatment.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard two cases that challenge the Bush Administration’s policy of holding prisoners without charging them. As we stated in our brief to the court, “[T]heir confinement in military custody without charges or trial for more than five years violates fundamental principles of due process of law.” And, at Guantánamo Bay, the ACLU continued to monitor the latest kangaroo court-style hearing.
Guantánamo has become a stain on our nation’s honor. That is why it is so important you join hundreds of thousands of Americans who are demanding the closure of the prison at Guantánamo on January 11th. You’ll soon be hearing about the January events happening across the country and online. In the meantime, you can take the first step to get ready for the January 11 events by making a contribution to the ACLU and get a “Close Guantánamo” armband.
Thank you so much for your involvement today as we fight to reclaim our constitutional heritage and restore the full vibrancy of our democracy.
Thank you,Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director ACLU
Amnesty International is participating too. I wonder if Mike Huckabee will be wearing orange on January 11th. I wonder if the ACLU have someone representing Osama Bin Laden’s driver.
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I hope I dont see someone wearing orange as I might cause myself to go to jail to assault.
I wonder if the ACLU has anyone down at the Hamdan trial in GTMO? Ole boy was carrying anti-aircraft missiles when he was captured and according to the FBI he helped bin Laden avoid capture.
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I think I’ll wear my Club Gitmo tshirt from Rush Limbaugh. The one that says something a free prayer rub and Quran?
….er…rug, not rub. :/
I am glad you cleared that up. I was just about to ask what a prayer rub was and whether I wanted one.
It would be cool if they was mistaken for terorist and put in jail with the terorist. See how long they would last….
The good old ACLU, seeking to ‘defend’ the Constitution, with regard to people to whom it doesn’t apply!
They just get dumber and dumber by the day.
James
The ACLU is a stain on our nations honor. Go go Gitmo.
How about if all members of the notorious ATHEISTS.COMMUNISTS and LAWYETS UNDERGROUND wear the commie red arm band to show their loyalty to JOE STALIN and VLADIMIR LENIN
Prayer rub: what’cha do to Buddha’s tummy for good luck.
“The good old ACLU, seeking to ‘defend’ the Constitution, with regard to people to whom it doesn’t apply!”
The legality is highly questionable at best. But I thought we had a justice system because it is the right thing to do. I thought it was our best effort at making sure we don’t put people in prison or sentence them to death who are innocent. Does right and wrong only count for U.S. citizens? If so, why are we always trying to spread our ideas about justice around the world? Why should anyone follow our example if we don’t follow our own?
CRDT What Justice would you like to give to people who want to wipe us off the map. I forgot your part of the spineless left and it’s justice for all no matter what. Like Water boarding DON’T DO THAT IT WILL SAVE LIVES. Or why not let them all out and we Americans just line up at the wall and just make it easy for them would that make you feel better?
“CRDT What Justice would you like to give to people who want to wipe us off the map.”
The whole idea is to make sure the people we put in prison DID SOMETHING WRONG. Just because someone is accused of a crime doesn’t mean he committed one. And that person is no more likely to be guilty just because the crime he is accused of is especially awful. Would you be OK with a foreign army coming to the U.S., declaring you an enemy combatant, and then shipping you off to prison with no recourse? Oh, and while you are in prison, I guess it would be OK for the foreign army to torture you too. Doesn’t matter if you did the crime or not as long as you are ACCUSED of it, right?