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Posted on 11/23/2004 11:44:16 PM PST by ETERNAL WARMING
700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits Legal group's 'Christmas Project' designed to protect public schools
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: November 24, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Is it illegal to sing Christmas carols in public school? Or to display a manger scene or even to say the words "Merry Christmas" in those halls of learning?
Many public school officials act as though such prohibitions were clearly laid on in the Constitution and defensively ban every vestige of "religious expression" out of fear of an expensive ACLU lawsuit.
But this year, help is on the way: An army of 700 lawyers is being deployed to protect America's schools from the ACLU grinch.
In the past few weeks, the Alliance Defense Fund has contacted over 3,600 school districts nationwide, explaining the law and separating myth from fact regarding the celebration of Christmas in public schools. Moreover, as part of the group's "Christmas Project," more than 700 ADF and affiliated attorneys nationwide are available – at no cost to the school district – to combat any attempts to censor the celebration of Christmas in schools and on public property.
"The phrase 'separation of church and state' is not in the U.S. Constitution, but because of the fear, intimidation, and disinformation groups like the ACLU promote, many public officials and educational leaders mistakenly believe it is their duty to silence Christian religious expression," said ADF President Alan Sears. "ADF's goal this season is to inform and educate the 96 percent of Americans who celebrate Christmas regarding their rights."
Last month, ADF delivered the same information on the law to every state board of education and National Education Association chapter in the country, as well as to the national NEA office and the U.S. Department of Education.
The goal of ADF's Christmas Project is to clear up misconceptions about seasonal religious expression on public property. According to the public-interest law firm:
The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled that public schools must ban the singing of religious Christmas carols or prohibit the distribution of candy canes or Christmas cards.
School officials may refer to a school break in December as "Christmas Vacation" or as a holiday without offending the Constitution.
School officials do not violate the Constitution by closing on religious holidays such as Christmas and Good Friday.
No court has ever held that celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas as religious holidays requires recognition of all other religious holidays.
The "Three Reindeer Rule" used by the courts requires a municipality to place a sufficient number of secular objects in close enough proximity to the Christmas item (such as a crèche) to render the overall display sufficiently secular. Although the overall display must not convey a message endorsing a particular religion's view, Christmas displays are not banned as some people believe. Simply put, the courts ask, "Is the municipality celebrating the holiday or promoting religion?"
"We want to dispel the myths about religious expression at Christmastime that have prompted wrongful acts of government censorship of religious speech," Sears said. "It's OK to say 'Merry Christmas!'"
School Districts or public entities being sued over their Christmas displays or expression can contact the Alliance Defense Fund through its website or by calling 1-877-TELL-ADF.
Bravo!
where on earth did they find 700 lawyers with a conscience? lol
Good ol' ACLU. It's amazing that they can find the time to ban Christmas, what with them fighting the evil Boy Scouts of America (/sarcasm) and protecting poor, innocent pedophiles from justice (/sarcasm).
C'mon Joe, the Nazis were responsible for a lot of horrors but PLEASE don't blame them for the ACLU. Not even the SS could sink that low.
Now with Marx, Engels, Lenin and the Bolsheviks (Communists) -- there you have a connection.
ACLU: Founded by Roger Baldwin, 1920
Several crucial leaders of the ACLU were members of the Communist Party. Earl Browder, then General Secretary of the Communist Party, said the ACLU functioned as "a transmission belt" for the party.
I'm sorry that I left communists out of things. I believe that the nazi's and the commies may have their differences. I my book they are the same, they are my enemies.
[Anti ACLU Sarcasm Torpedo ARMED. FIRE!!]
That's because the parents knew he was an ACLU-approved Santa, and therefore, probably a member of NAMBLA.
No wonder they wouldn't let their kids sit on his lap!
PS Just occurred to me. If you disentangle Santa from Christmas, just when the HELL is he supposed to fly around delivering his presents? Diversity day?
[Full Disclosure: 'HO HO HO' is not the official cry of 'hood Claus. And he does not give bling-bling for Xmas.]
I truly believe that the attitude and positions in this country are finally shifting. God help me, I just can't shake that feeling. Lawyers ready to fight the ACLU? Alright!
This rocks!!!
Thank G-d
Yes. Make it a point.
Great.........Stop The ACLU web site went up recently. Try getting info there.
"and he (Elijah) said (to the Lord God of Hosts)... I alone am left; and they seek to take my life".
"... and the Lord said to him (Elijah)... Yet I have reserved seven thousand... all whose knees have not bowed to Baal..." [1 Kings 19: 14,15,18]
You know, it is a good thing when men fear (revere) the Lord. I am envisioning a taking back of America. I pray that we ALL don't get weary and faint.
Doesn't the Constitution say something about a wall of separation between the ACLU and America?
If it doesn't, maybe we can get an amendment.
Find some rocky, five acre spur up north of ANWR and wall the buggers off.
anti Christian lawyers union
I thought ACLU meant All Communists Lie Universally.
Thank God indeed!
Hmmm I wonder where Churchillbuff is to imply that this is somehow Bush's fault???!!!
=^P
Attention to post #5 !!!
My prayers go up for our country. God's protection over our children.
Blessings,
trussell
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About time!
btt
How in blazes did the American Communists & Loonies Union ever get so much power? They really must be relegated to the ash-heap of history.
The ACLU is by every definition a terrorist organization.
Denying Americans freedom of religion, speech, and ideas.
Our forefathers fought and died for those freedoms.
Lynching would be too good for those bastard ACLU lawyers and supporters.
All of em.
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