Those who oppose the ACLU oppose the Bill of Rights. Never forget that only the ACLU defends the Bill of Rights alone.

Then why can?t I pray in school?

You can pray in school. You can’t pretend to anoint your faith for the children, however. Those kids, like the Cactus Cuties, have religious rights, too. Who are you to substitute your judgment about God for the Cactus Cuties’ judgment? Why would you want to?

What’s so difficult to understand about that?

http://www.aclu.org/religion/govtfunding/26526res20060824.html I thought it was most interesting.

My dad was a school administrator and always said, “I have no problem with prayer in school, AS LONG AS I GET TO WRITE THE PRAYER.” Someone would invariably say, “How come you get to write the prayer?” and he would reply, “If not me, then NOT ANYONE.”

Jon

i hope that you all will sing more songs that people can enjoy. thanks so much. ilove you……no homo….

Norm

I did some research on this and found that there’s a movement afoot to replace the Star Spangled Banner as our national anthem (and, no, it’s not the ACLU that’s leading the charge on that one

The rationale is that the Star Spangled Banner is hard for some people to sing. I think it’s an amazing anthem partially BECAUSE it’s hard to sing — you get the full range of emotions out of something like an octave and a half of musical range. The high notes wouldn’t seem so high (and stirring) if you didn’t have to reach for them. Anyone who thinks the Star Spangled Banner should be replaced should be sent this video link.

By the way, a previous poster was frustrated that he couldn’t find out more about the Cactus Cuties, but Jay was thoughtful enough to post the “To Learn More About Them” link at the time of this page.

Denis

Well, that makes at least 2 of us that got to this site after hearing this moving performance of our National Anthem, & googling to try to find out how such a wonderful tribute came to be.

And that makes at least 2 of us here that supports the ACLU’s tireless efforts to protect our fundamental American values & liberties.

In this challenging time, when so many seem to seek refuge in the mirage of “Big Brother” security measures, and in a time when we have adopted pre-emptive waging of war into our formal National Security policy, and when so many who rhetorically claim to be “small government conservatives” have now adopted “unitary executive” theory and support the destruction of habeas corpus . . . . . . the ACLU’s patriotic work is more needed than ever before.

. . . . just as is our beloved National Anthem.

These girls beautiful rendition brings tears to my eyes.