ACLosers and Victory For Free Speech
Posted on August 9, 2005
(AgapePress) - A judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging prayers at school board meetings in Delaware. The lawsuit was filed against members of the Indian River School District Board of Education, a group that regularly opens its business meetings with prayer.
Judge Joseph Farnan ruled that the school board meeting prayers are not a violation of the constitutional provision often referred to as the separation of church and state or the “Establishment Clause,” as the ACLU had argued. He also determined that the school board members are immune from the ACLU’s liability claims.
Nice to hear that we have a judge that can actually see that prayer is not a violation of the Constitution. I’m always glad to hear about an ACLU defeat, and a victory for freedom of expression.
In dismissing the case against the individual board members, the judge stated that opening a session of the legislature or other deliberative public body with a prayer does not violate the Establishment Clause. He also declared that absolute immunity extends to legislators at all levels of government, including school board members in Delaware.
The Rutherford Institute, an international, non-profit civil liberties organization that works to defend constitutional human rights, became involved in the Indian River school board’s case after the Wilmington branch of the ACLU demanded that the district discontinue offering prayers at school events and graduation ceremonies, as well as at school board meetings. Despite ACLU pressure, the board members continued to open their meetings with a brief prayer.Read The Whole Thing
I also must note that I love it when people stand up for their rights. These board members didn’t give an inch to the Anti-Chirstian Lawyers Union. More Christians need to start standing up to this dangerous organization. I applaud these board members for standing up for what they believed was right, and their constitutional rights.
Anyway, its a victory for the good guys, and I’m happy to be able to share it with you all.
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*doing a happy dance* YAY!!!
awesome I say …yippie … its about time their antics get thrown out of court , hopefully more of it happens .. people need to wise up …
Hooray for our side!
Woohoo..This is indeed good news. And hopefully this will be the start of good things to come.
RR
Sweet…I would also like to see some legislation drafted that forces the ACLU to pay back the Fed & State taxpayers for the wasted funds defending this sort of superfluous crap –or– at least let us stone the fool for a while with reasonably small rocks.
I dont agree with the small rocks. I have some big hard ones. I hope that the had some effect on the heathern ACLU idiots in LA who are sueing for the exact thing.
Great news. I hope this is the beginning of courts ruling against the ACLU.
Gary Aminoff
Bear to the Right
Yiiippiii…..Party!
Doesn’t Congress open with prayer? I mean, we are talking about over 200 years of tradition.
Yes Congress opens with prayer. ACLU doesn’t like that either, nor do they like the concept of chaplains in the military. Tradition? Ha, the ACLU laughs at tradition. It means absolutely nothing to them.
That Judge has got my support for the Supreme Court when Renquist steps down.
I had tried to post a message on this at my site but I had some tech. problems. I’m back now. It’s good to see the ACLU lose a round, but the war is far from over.
God Bless America, God Save The Republic.
This is truly great news and from my home state too. How did I miss this one in the local paper…. OH, it was either buried deep in the thing or omitted altogether. The local rag is 100% Liberal, and its shows. We can use this precident to our advantage, and forward the information to organizations defending themselves against the ACLU in similar circumstances so their lawyers can use it against the commies.
what on earth? How I think the judge is playing to the party line; I think prayer in school functions definitely constitutes “establishment” and I think this blog would be more productive to discuss the issues surrounding the [edited] story rather than circle-jerking “OH MY GOD ACLU LOST WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THEY’RE COMMUNISTS”
By the way, did you notice how the ACLU is now protecting a child who was banned from singing “Awesome God” in a school talent show? Oh, I’m sorry, did I break your little ignorant bubble? Did I ruin your closed-minded warmongering extremist mindset? I hope I did.