Posted on 05/27/2007 6:34:43 AM PDT by rickmichaels
A constitutional attorney says instead of thanking American veterans for their service, the American Civil Liberties Union is "dishonoring" them by attacking their memorials across the United States.
The American Legion has announced that it is teaming up with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and Liberty Legal Institute in a campaign to fight ACLU efforts to remove religious symbols from war memorials. The ACLU has already filed suit to remove crosses at veterans' memorials, like the Mt. Soledad cross in San Diego and the Sunrise Rock cross in the Mojave Desert, which is now covered by a box.
At a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Liberty Legal attorney Hiram Sasser accused the ACLU of engaging in "a war against honor and valor." He said it is "inconceivable in a time of war such as now that the ACLU and others would be attacking the memorials, the very symbols of honor and sacrifice of our national heritage.
"These symbols and these memorials serve as reminders to all of us of the great sacrifice and courage and valor of our veterans," Sasser observed. The ACLU and its allies "have no respect, decency or shame," he added.
At that same news conference, ADF senior vice president Joe Infranco noted that it has never been unconstitutional for a memorial to have a religious symbol. "The will of the public expressed so clearly by voters and Congress is being attacked by a few individuals whose legal theory is based on a claim that they are offended," he pointed out.
"Let us see this claim for exactly what it is," Infranco continued. "These individuals assert that their being offended should override the public's desire to honor veterans as we have since the founding of our nation," he said.
ADF and Liberty Legal are offering pro-bono representation to any municipality that is sued for displaying a veterans memorial that contains religious symbols. Infranco said his group is on a "search and protect mission" to defend America's veterans memorials from the "misguided fanaticism" of the ACLU.
It is about time someone took on those communist bass turds.
ACLU=anti christ
The ACLU members are the children of Hitler and Stalin and their mission is life is to destroy the United States.
Yes it is. They are nazi’s, stalinists, leninists, POS. Vets need to teach a bunch of communist lawyer scum a lesson.
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I wish one of the big media outlets would do an expose to inform the public about the ACLU. Its a communist front group and always has been. The ACLU is long overdue for some public scrutiny and humiliation.
Or legal action. I wonder if someone could make the case that by targeting religious symbols and using the US courts, the ACLU is trying to get the US gov’t to “establish” atheism or agnosticism - an unconstitutional act? Alternatively, I wish someone would tie all their efforts together, discover criminality and then find a public prosecutor willing to bring a RICO case against them. Probably wishful thinking, but these jerks have got to be opposed legally somehow.
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