ACLU Sues Bush for White House Ramadan Feast [satire]

Scrappleface ^ | 10/28/03 | Scott Ott

[William McKinley]

(2003-10-29) -- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed suit against the Bush administration, claiming that the annual White House Ramadan feast is an "egregious breach of the separation of church and state."

"This is worse than saying 'under God' during the Pledge at public school," said an unnamed ACLU spokesman. "The President himself hosted this explicitly-Muslim feast in the peoples' house -- the White House. Taxpayer dollars were used to pay for some or all of the food, the decorations, the staff. Forcing the people to pay for a religious event is unconstitutional."

The traditional feast, or Iftar, breaks the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. President Bush began the tradition of hosting an Iftar in 2001.

Keynote speaker General William 'Jerry' Boykin, the undersecretary of defense in charge of finding Osama bin Laden, called the Iftar a "battle between food and eater, with a predictable outcome."

Meanwhile, several Muslim Imams marked the occasion by denouncing Islamic terrorism and calling on faithful Muslims to turn over Osama bin Laden, his deputies and financiers to the United States to face charges in the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.

[William McKinley]

As pointed out on The Corner.

I like when parody is used to make a very valid point. How come the ACLU never takes up cases like this?

[Piquaboy]

Wonder why it is that they don't sue the Rats for fund raising in churches or making political speeches.

[tessalu]

This is a very valid point, and it should go even further.
The USA has help to set up Islamic Afganistan, and I consider this an offense to every American, who believes in separation between church and state. We are paying for this, while I would not wish the curse on anyone to live under an Islamic government. What business does Bush have honoring some religion such as Islam and not others? To me this offensive.

[Search4Truth]

I bet you are lots of fun at parties.

[F.J. Mitchell]

THe ACLU will lose this case by default. As many of us have been saying-Islam is not a religion. Therefore even if there was something in the Constitution about separation of Church and state, which there is not, this dinner is no violation thereof.

Case closed.

[joesnuffy]

Nevah happen
If it aint Christian the ACLU could care less...
They are anti Christ commies& atheists...therefore any other entity who is opposed to
the idea of the founding fathers is A OK with the ACLU
an enemy of my enemy is my friend....