ICLU Sues Over Town’s Park Ban For Sex Offenders

Posted on December 14, 2005 - Filed Under Illegal Activities, News | 3 Comments

Hat tip: More Sense Than Money
PLAINFIELD, Ind. — The Indiana Civil Liberties Union is challenging a Plainfield ordinance that prohibits convicted sex offenders from using the town’s parks and recreation areas.
The ICLU filed a lawsuit in Hendricks Superior Court on behalf of the man, who is identified only as John Doe. The lawsuit says a [...]

Person of the Year

Posted on December 14, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off

Charmaine Yoest is asking for nominations for Person of the Year. I think it should be the American soldier, go let her know what you think.

Show Solidarity With Brave Iraqis

Posted on December 14, 2005 - Filed Under War On Terror | 2 Comments

Twice this year, Iraqis have shown their courage, defying the terrorists and risking their lives to exercise their right to vote.
They will vote again on December 15.
Shelby Dangerfield, a 10-year-old Montana girl, demonstrated Americans’ solidarity with freedom-loving Iraqis by inking her finger purple last January.
If Shelby Dangerfield were an adult in Iraq today, she would [...]

ACLU Tells Town To Stop Plowing Lots

Posted on December 14, 2005 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Church And State, News | 17 Comments

In an age when local governments are consistently cash strapped, a local government has been carrying on a long standing tradition of plowing snow from parking lots for the town’s houses of worship. A practice which has been going on for as long as anyone in the community of Bellingham, Massachusetts can remember; until [...]

Police Seize Forged Ballots Headed to Iraq From Iran Update: NY Times Jumps the Gun?

Posted on December 14, 2005 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, News, War On Terror | 21 Comments

Update: Hat tip to one of our readers: Seems the NY Times may have jumped the gun!
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The head of Iraq’s border guards denied police reports on Wednesday that a tanker truck stuffed with thousands of forged ballot papers had been seized crossing into Iraq from Iran before Thursday’s elections.
“This is all a [...]