Library Internet Nude Gambling Searches Saved By ACLU

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, Child Exploitation | 2 Comments

The ACLU was concerned that library patrons in Rhode Island might not have sufficient access to nudity, gambling…and maybe nude gambling on the internet. The libraries had been trying to block inappropriate sites to protect children but the ever vigilant ACLU not giving a rat’s butt about kids was going to have none of that. [...]

ACLU Don’t Think Christian Comedy Team Are Funny

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 6 Comments

Hat tip Peakah’s Provocations
LA PLATA, Md. — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint about a Christian comedy team that performed at five southern Maryland public schools.
The ACLU of Maryland sent a letter to Charles County Superintendent James Richmond, characterizing the program as “a vehicle for religious proselytizing” that violates the First Amendment.
Rick [...]

Nazi March Cancelled After Police Disperse Protesters

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Police used tear gas to break up a rock-throwing crowd that had gathered to protest a planned march Saturday by the National Socialist Movement.
At least two dozen members of a Roanoke, Va.-based group that calls itself “America’s Nazi Party” had gathered at Wilson Park just before noon and were to march [...]

Mo. Prison Overruled on Inmate Abortion

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 4 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that Missouri prison officials drive a pregnant inmate to a clinic on Saturday for an abortion.
Justice Clarence Thomas, acting alone, granted the temporary stay pending a further decision by himself or the full court.
Missouri state law forbids spending tax dollars to facilitate an [...]

Iraq Votes On Constitution

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Iraqis are voting on a new constitution. Millions of people are going to the polls, playing a role in how their nation will be governed. They are doing so bravely, in the face of threats from terrorists who have demonstrated time and again their evil disregard for human beings of all persuasions.
Reuters reports, that across [...]

God Bless America Signs Offend The Ever So Sensitive Atheists

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 13 Comments

Worldnet Daily
An atheist group is complaining about two signs posted outside a city hall in New York state that declare “God Bless America.”
But the signs hung by a Long Island official outside the town hall of Babylon, N.Y., are perfectly legal, according to a group specializing in constitutional law that has volunteered to defend them.
“The [...]

Judge Sued For Supressing Free Speech

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 1 Comment

Via WND
A judge who declared all public areas of Los Angeles County courthouses “no speech zones” has been hit with a federal civil rights lawsuit.
According to the complaint filed Thursday, a general order issued Sept. 13 by California Superior Court Judge William MacLaughlin “prohibits such free speech activities as picketing, distribution of literature, and demonstration.”
“The [...]

Basil Interviews Stop The ACLU

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Go Read Our Interview With Basil

Plug Your Site Open Trackbacks

Posted on October 15, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 2 Comments

Its the weekend, lets celebrate with an open trackback post!
If you have something interesting that you would like to share with us, and our readers, please leave a trackback to that post, and link to this post so others can join in on the linkfest.
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