Posted on 08/09/2005 9:37:20 PM PDT by Jay777
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said today it will no longer accept funding from the United Way so as not to complete a required counterterrorism compliance form.
Christine Link is ACLU of Ohio executive director. She says the decision won’t make much of a difference to the Cleveland-based nonprofit legal organization’s finances. It is not a United Way agency, but it can receive United Way funding if designated by donors.
Link estimated ACLU of Ohio receives about $10,000 a year from United Way. ACLU of Ohio’s annual budget is approximately 700-thousand dollars, mostly from individual donations.
At issue is a counterterrorism form the ACLU believes can be intrusive on individual liberties.
(Excerpt) Read more at wkyc.com ...
In October of 2004, the ACLU turned down $1.15 million in funding from two of it’s most generous and loyal contributors, the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, saying new anti-terrorism restrictions demanded by the institutions make it unable to accept their funds.
“The Ford Foundation now bars recipients of its funds from engaging in any activity that “promotes violence, terrorism, bigotry, or the destruction of any state.”
The Rockefeller Foundation’s provisions state that recipients of its funds may not “directly or indirectly engage in, promote, or support other organizations or individuals who engage in or promote terrorist activity.”
Read More About The Terrorist Loving ACLU's Refusals Of Funds
But aren't we finding out how flush this crowd is with cash? What a racket!
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/
Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org
Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:
ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas
ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits
ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd
Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit
Additional information:
The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back
Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')
ACLU fulfilling communist agenda
Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings
See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU
This group just started on December 3, 2004 and are looking for new members to their yahoo group
My Personal Anti-ACLU Blog (Check it out and leave a comment!)
The ACLU: Defending the six and 1/2 amendments that make up the bill of rights.
I guess I'm just suspicious by nature, but I very much doubt this.
When it comes to the ACLU, I'm skeptical about everything.
> The ACLU: Defending the six and 1/2 amendments that
> make up the bill of rights.
Not even.
ACLU: Destroying the Constitution in order to "save" it.
or more precisely...
Paying lip service to the Constitution in order to destroy it.
They won't sign the form because if they did so without
perjuring themselves, they'd end up in Club Gitmo.
What the hell is the United Way doing giving funds to the aCLU anyway? Charity groups are REALLY starting to tick me off.
The UW gives big bucks to eco-terrorist groups like the sierra club, earthshare, wilderness socialists etc and that really burns my hide.
I quit giving the UW ANY money after they cheated the boy scouts and now they are just another leftist socialist scam.
Actually, if you search on "Boy Scouts" and "United Way", you'll see numerous stories about local United Way chapters that are supporting their local Scouts. Only about 1 or 2% of local UW chapters are not supporting Scouting.
Exactly!
My first reaction after reading the article was...WTF?!
The ACLU is as non-deserving of an organization as I can think of to receive money thru the United Way.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I wonder if anyone has ever filed a Freedom of Information Act against the ACLU? I think that since they receive funds from the public, they should be liable, but I'm not sure...
While driving home a week or so ago, I was listening to BOR on the radio (a repeat of the show earlier in the day). Bill was talking about the ACLU and how he's going after them and those connected w them. A guy called in and said that the U Way's web site after 9/11 showed some of those funds going to the ACLU. Bill wasn't aware of this and asked his staff to research it. Said if it was true, he'd have it on his TV show. He would probably be interested in some of the items on this thread; and, since he seems somewhat passionate about the ACLU, he may be a good one to file the FIA. (Whether you like BOR or not, he has pounded on the ACLU, now and then).
"The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said today it will no longer accept funding from the United Way so as not to complete a required counterterrorism compliance form."
That just says it all: you can't be in compliance with a requirement that forms the basis of your existence!
Maybe they should be prevented from taking any federal or state funding, as well as compensate victims of their frivolous lawsuits.
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