Utah Battles ACLU Over Porn Access For Kids

Posted on August 26, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 11 Comments

Excerpt from the desertnews.com follows.
Eleven of the 15 plaintiffs challenging a law passed this year to protect children from Internet pornography may no longer have a case if the Utah attorney general wins a dismissal that was filed Tuesday.
Mark Shurtleff is asking a judge to dismiss the parties because they can’t prove significant damages based [...]

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Islam In Public School Part III

Posted on August 26, 2005 - Filed Under Church And State | 2 Comments

Written by Pulpit Pounder
This is Part 3 of this series on Islam in the public schools, in particular the decision in Eklund v.Byron Union School District. The parents of a seventh-grader sued the school district (and the superintendent of schools, the teachers, and the principal of the Excelsior school), claiming that the use of an [...]

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ACLU Foot In Mouth

Posted on August 26, 2005 - Filed Under 1st Amendment | 5 Comments

Hat Tip Freerepublic
The director of the Louisiana ACLU issued an apology Thursday for comments made in an Eyewitness News interview last week during which he compared the mindset of school prayer supporters in Tangipahoa Parish to that of the 9-11 terrorists.
“I want to express my sincere regrets for my use of hyperbole and the analogy [...]

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