Posted on 06/10/2005 4:51:52 PM PDT by CHARLITE
"Anything short of actual imprisonment would be ineffective..." -- ACLU of Louisiana
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew5:10
In their latest attack on Christianity, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a motion to hold Tangipahoa school board officials in Louisiana in contempt of court, asking they be jailed for praying in schools.
The Tangipahoa school board and the ACLU of Louisiana entered into an agreement, made public in an August 27, 2004, District Court Consent Judgment, which required school officials to prohibit “invocations given prior to athletic events,” “participation and/or encouragement by school officials in pre-game and post-game prayers involving student athletes,” and “invocations by students to the student body over the school’s public address system during assemblies or at any school sponsored event.” The ACLU claims school officials have violated the agreement on multiple occasions. This motion is the fourth complaint they’ve filed against the school board.
Even though this is considered a civil matter, the ACLU has asked the court to hold school officials in criminal contempt, asking for jail time. “Their refusal to comply with the Consent Decree should and must result in their removal from society—removal for a period of time sufficient to impress upon them, and like imitators, the seriousness of the Court’s order,” reads the complaint. “Anything short of actual imprisonment would be ineffective to sending that message to these individuals.”
What? This “must result in their removal from society”? Are we talking about child molesters here? Sorry, that can’t be it; those are the kind of people the ACLU would be defending instead of trying to put in jail. The ACLU defends the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) and tries to get school officials in jail for praying --you know the real criminals.
Tragically, although I fully expect the court to reject this ridiculous request, the ACLU still moves its agenda forward with every lawsuit they bring. You see, it doesn’t really matter if they win or loose, by their own admission, what they want is to impress “like imitators” of the price to be paid for showing their faith in public. And unfortunately the courts have allowed and often helped them in this endeavor.
With their highly capricious interpretation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause as erecting a “wall of separation between church and state,” U.S. courts find themselves more involved in matters of religion than the framers ever intended them to be. Is there anything more intrusive than the government sending you to jail for praying, no matter where it is?
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” That’s all the First Amendment says. Nowhere can you find the “wall of separation” between church and state. Yet, in the name of freedom and liberty, groups like the ACLU would like to prohibit the free exercise of religion beyond a person’s private thoughts. “That’s okay, you can be a Christian, just don’t say it out loud.”
“This is another example of how the so-called ‘wall of separation’ continues to distort the meaning of the Establishment Clause, said Jan LaRue, CWA’s chief counsel. “Chief Justice Rehnquist has said: ‘It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history, but unfortunately the Establishment Clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson’s misleading metaphor for nearly 40 years.’”
This is why the appointment of judges is so important to our country. For too long we’ve been silent, and now we are paying the price of our indifference. We need wisdom and character and self-control back in our courts. Freedom and democracy depend on it.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be filled." Matthew 5:6
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You would think.
don't worry they are working up to anti-Jewish. That is to overt to spout just yet. But there will be an issue they can jump onto sometime.
they've been in our midst for a l-o-n-g time.
it began with the enfatuation of the american rich with european fashions. one of these fashions was karl marx and communism.
eleanor roosevelt attended communist party meetings.
some members of fdr's party were communists. harold ickes, for example, leaned that way. his son served in the clinton administration.
they infiltrated the united states for the purpose of taking over.
david horowitz' "radical son" describes his upbringing in an immigrant, communist home.
anny coulter's "treason" describes how the left has successfully distorted "mccarthyism" in the united states.
Prison for praying in School? I'd like to call them on that and see where this goes. The ACLU has been a pain for too long.
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The ACLU is like the Shadows (sf ref to Babylon5)
Why in the world would anyone do that?
At least the Shadows stayed in the background. The AACLU (Anti-American Civil Liberties Union) is now 'in your face'.
Now, members of the AACLU do bear a striking resemblance to the Shadows.
by Erik Latranyi (9-11 is your Peace Dividend)
What the hell?
Wait a minute. What am I doing? You're a troll and will never come back, right?
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
You know I think Nancy Pelosi would call it an abuse of power for the Republicans to elect the Speaker of the House. She's a wack job and I would love to see her blink. Just once! Her face might shatter. Gotta love a later in her 50's or 60's trying to look like she's in her 20's only to seem like she's in a Frankenstein movie
However, just let a bunch of Muslims pray at school....
The ACLU engaging in religious hate speech? Who'd have guessed it?
Do they get to cut the heads off of other students they don't agree with, too?
TLR
Good point. Here in the blogosphere we hear about a lot of this, but that is becasue we are "plugged in." The general populace is not and we know the MSM is not going to tell them. When enough people are fed up they will react. That is why I like Howard Dean, the ACLU and their ilk spouting off. Short term pains for us, long term gain when the People rise up.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” That’s all the First Amendment says. Nowhere can you find the “wall of separation” between church and state. Yet, in the name of freedom and liberty, groups like the ACLU would like to prohibit the free exercise of religion beyond a person’s private thoughts. “That’s okay, you can be a Christian, just don’t say it out loud.”
I found the "wall of separation". Article 52 Section 2 of this Constitution.
Don't you get it?
Think.
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