Posted on 09/25/2006 7:28:14 PM PDT by Jay777
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I have been getting a lot of mail on this subject from a variety of organizations.
It's definitely time to put on the pressure. I believe the majority of Americans would oppose taxpayer funding of the ACLU if they were familiar with the details. All it needs is publicity and pressure on vulnerable politicians.
A lot of legislators are lawyers, and lawyers stick together, so this will certainly need pressure.
BTTT
Fair is fair - there should be equal tax dollars expended for the defense as is expensed for the plaintiffs.
With that said, Christians are due hugh backpayments!
3:35 P.M. -
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
So, what does that mean? That it is postponed until later today but it looks likely to pass?
Just got this in the email:
Comrades, Colleagues, and Patriots:
Debate in the House of Representatives today on the Public Expression of Religion Act, HR 2679 has concluded.
A roll call vote will be taken at about 6:30 EDT (3:30 PDT).
We have approximately two hours to call, e-mail, and fax Members of Congress to
vote for PERA and stop ACLU's profiteering through taxpayer-paid attorneys ordered by judges in Establishment Clause cases against veterans memorials, including Mt. Soledad National War Memorial; the Boy Scouts; public display of the Ten Commandments or other symbols of our American history and heritage which have a religious aspect.
Please, call, e-mail, or fax Members of the House to urge them to pass PERA, HR 2679.
Contact is very easy: just go to www.Legion.org, click "Legislation" on the home page, and it will take to a director of all pending legislation, and Members of the House. You can send an e-mail directly through the Legion website. Telephone numbers and fax numbers are also available there.
American Legion National Commander Paul Morin issued a strong call on Congress to enact PERA, HR 2679 (and S. 3696, in the Senate) in a statement issued today from the National Headquarters in which he urged passage of PERA to end "judicial blackmail." (See the statement at www.Legion.org).
Also, two of America's most decorated war heroes, former Senator Jeremiah Denton, Rear Admiral (USN, ret.), who spent seven years and seven months as a POW in Vietnam, and Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady (USA, ret.), Medal of Honor recipient, issued a joint statement which was delivered to all Members of the 109th Congress yesterday calling for urgent action to pass PERA. Their statement, as eloquent as it is powerful, is attached for your consideration.
Time is running out: Please call, e-mail, or fax now to your representative in Congress to urge them to vote for PERA.
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY FOREVER; SURRENDER TO THE ACLU --NEVER!
--Rees
REES LLOYD, Attorney
Commander, American Legion District 21 (Cal.),
Director, Defense of Veterans Memorials Project
of The American Legion Department of California
BTTT
I emailed my Rep. Prayers up.
"The law would not apply in a general way to any symbol without relevance to American history. How would it affect a Muslim?"
Have you read the actual law? It is not limited to American history. It also includes the phase "included in but not limited to"
The question of how it affects a Muslim, is this. Suppose your town has a judge who is Muslim and wants verses from the Koran on the wall of his courtroom. (because of the history of Justice in the Koran -sarcasm) Citizens sue to have it removed. After a long battle it is removed, but you cannot make him pay damages or your legal fees. Meanwhile another Muslim who is high up in the school district, wants a monument to Muslims who died in 9-11 on his school grounds, complete with Muslim symbols and quotes from Mohummad. You sue.....same story. Without recourse for legal fees, and damages, it is impossible to get them to quit.
It sounds good to some if it is the 10 commandments, but not if its the Koran. Problem is that it is impossible to legally distinguish between the 2. The ACLU will not be stopped by this measure, and it stands to hurt Christianity as much as benefit it.
No, I have not read it. I cannot find a link. I trusted the text above that said "veterans memorials, the Boy Scouts, or the public display of the Ten Commandments of other symbols of Americas history with a religious aspect."
OK I'll stipulate your interpretation "that it is impossible to legally distinguish between the 2." What's the worst case? Your "nightmare scenario" is not even that big of a deal. For every 99 cases where the ACLU not only conducts legal terrorism but also reaps court costs (STOPPED!), there might be one of the type you mention.
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