Posted on 10/20/2005 3:00:56 PM PDT by DoctorRansom
Dear Friend, We can forget sometimes how much personal courage it takes to stand up for your convictions. But, these last few weeks, as the ACLU's intelligent design case has unfolded in Dover, Pennsylvania, we've seen ordinary people do something extraordinary. Christy and Bryan Rehm and the other plaintiffs in this historic case have put themselves on the line to protect their children from religious zealotry and to defend your and my religious freedom. We owe these courageous people more than our admiration. We owe them a debt of gratitude. You can let them know you appreciate the tremendous stand for liberty they have taken by sending them a message of support today. Our ACLU attorneys are providing their dedication, guidance and expertise on the legal issues, but your personal messages can add something more. Believe me, every positive note will make a world of difference to these brave parents and teachers. We'll forward these letters to the Rehms and their fellow clients, and with your permission, share our favorite messages with our larger community of supporters online. Defending freedom means being willing to stand up to those who would undermine it. None of the rights and liberties the ACLU has advanced for the past 85 years would have become reality without the courage of our clients, everyday people who have stood up for their beliefs, often in the face of tremendous public pressure or downright intimidation. The parents and teachers involved in this 21st Century version of the Scopes Trial are making a difference not just in their communities, but are influencing a nationwide debate that is about more than just science education -- it is about the role of religion in our society and our government. With the support and partnership of members nationwide, the ACLU will continue to resist the growing movement of political leaders and organized extremists with a faith-based vision for America that pushes aside religious liberty and tolerance to promote and enforce one particular brand of religion, using government power and taxpayer dollars. Stand with the ACLU today and send a loud and clear message that you support the parents and teachers who are challenging the Dover School Board's efforts to inject religious doctrine into the science classroom. Tell them you support their courage. Click here. Together, we'll preserve America's tradition of religious liberty with every ounce of energy we have. Sincerely, Anthony D. Romero Executive Director American Civil Liberties Union
Dr. Ransom
FaithFusion.net
Speaking only for those with ears to hear
For once, the ACLU is on the side of right and justice. Well, even a broken clock is correct twice a day...
Translation.....it is about the role of Christianity in our society and using the government to wipe it out.
People get stuck on thinking there is only their religion or nothing. In fact there are dozens of religions and if the state supports one, it does so on the backs of all others.Such is not banned by the First Amendment, however. It merely a more-recent misinterpretation sourced by a neo-religion of pluralism and "spiritual schizophrenia" that tries to tell only adherents to certain faiths exactly where their place should be: in private, only.
God does not belong to one religion.
You read my mind.
I hate the ACLU. And I think they deliberately target Christians for bogus issues, such as the small cross they forced the city of Edmond Oklahoma to remove from their city seal. My mother was the one who suggested they put that cross in the seal at a committee meeting that designed it decades ago. Her reasoning was that the churches were a big part of city culture when it was founded, and she was correct.
But on the evolution issue, the ACLU on the side of reality and against ignorance. Yeah. Stopped clock.
YEC INTREP
> Particles-to-people evolution requires immense amounts of new, amazingly complex information to arise out of nothing. This process has never been observed
Since this statement is blatantly false, should you be assumed to be astonishingly block-headed or a liar? The addition of new genetic information is observed with some regualrity.
I get it and I knew it all along. What the ACLU is really about is not scientific truth but about the larger argument about the role of religious belief in society. They are very good with their progaganda espically in the society they have carefully crafted to futher met the goal. The communist roots like a bad hair dye job is showing. Problem it is to late. They have won. I really believe this. Their goal to destroy belief in religion espically christianty is a true communist goal. They have won over time and our culture shows it.
> New, complex genetic information from absolutely nowhere? What are some examples?
Replication errors. Retroviruses.
You knew this. Your insistence upon professing ignorance is disgusting.
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