Liberty Counsel Pushing For Public Expression Of Religion Act To Pass Current Congress
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News, PETITIONS | 1 Comment
From a Liberty Counsel email:
From Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Jay, I just received wonderful news that Sen. Sam Brownback is urging his colleagues to allow a vote on the Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA)–a measure that sailed through the House 244-173.
Passage of PERA would eliminate the awarding of attorney’s fees to groups challenging [...]
ACLU Against Free Speech if the Speech is Religious
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Christmas, Church And State, News | 22 Comments
As is typical for this time of year, the ACLU is shaking down towns and schools to keep them from acknowledging Christmas. Despite the fact that everyone gets off December 25th and the only holiday that is being celebrated is Christmas (sorry Kwanzaa is a joke), the Republic will crumble if that fact is acknowledged.
The [...]
ACLU Launches Campaign Against Random Searches
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 2 Comments
Since the ACLU thinks random searches are so terrible, and no one came to them to complain about the MBTA, they have decided to advertise in search of some clients.
Civil liberties activists yesterday launched an advertising campaign to question the MBTA’s random bag inspections and collect customer complaints that could lay the groundwork for a [...]
Judge Rejects Request for NSA Documents
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 3 Comments
ABC
The National Security Agency is not required to release details about its secret wiretapping program, a federal judge said Monday.
The People for the American Way Foundation, a liberal advocacy group, sued to obtain records under the Freedom of Information Act. The group sought to find out how many wiretaps were approved and who reviewed the [...]
ACLU And Other Grinches Of Christmas
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Christmas, Church And State, News | Comments Off
ACLU pressure to nix a nativity scene was successful in Berkely:
City leaders in Berkley voted Monday night to remove a nativity scene from City Hall.
The nativity scene has stood outside City Hall every Christmas season for 65 years.
Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union accused the city of violating the Constitution with the display.
Monday night, [...]
CAIR To File Complaint Over Imams Being Removed From Minneapolis Flight
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News, War On Terror | 4 Comments
Update: Two of the Imams are affiliated with terror-linked organizations. Heh, and they are calling for a boycott of the airlines. AJ Strata thinks the whole thing smells fishy.
KSTP
Six Muslim imams on Monday were removed from a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and questioned by police for several hours [...]
Alcee Hastings, Message To Rado Hosts And Callers
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Since we know that this site has been read by Rush Limbaugh, here goes. Callers to both Rush and Hannity do not understand why Alcee Hastings has a “security clearance. The only reason he has a clearance is that he “promised” to not disclose. He never ever passed a security investigation:
Meanwhile, members of congress are [...]
What Is The ACLU Trying To Hide?
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | Comments Off
Via Save The ACLU:
The ACLU Board is considering adopting a policy proposal that would deprive board members of long-standing rights to obtain tapes of board meetings and could require that all meeting tapes be erased after approval of minutes. This proposal has received less attention than a recently withdrawn proposal to prohibit board members [...]
ADF: Detroit Police Harass Pro-Life Supporters, Shut Down Free Speech Outside Superbowl
Posted on November 21, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Abortion, News | 11 Comments
Yoo hoo??? ACLU???? Where are you???
Looks like the pro-lifers will be defended by the ADF instead.
Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys filed suit today against Detroit police for violating the free speech rights of six pro-life supporters, all of whom were harassed and later prevented from expressing their views outside the Superbowl in February 2006.
“Detroit [...]
