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Old 08-24-2011, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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It must be true, I saw it in a blog on Free Republic!!!
Free Republic also has liberal rants on how this is a post-9/11 world where the Constitution doesn't apply and supporting 100% tariffs.
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Old 08-24-2011, 02:21 PM
 
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Free Republic also has liberal rants on how this is a post-9/11 world where the Constitution doesn't apply and supporting 100% tariffs.
And here I thought they were narrow-minded, but it turns out they are a whole rainbow of stupid.
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Old 08-24-2011, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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And here I thought they were narrow-minded, but it turns out they are a whole rainbow of stupid.
Agreed. It's a very progressive website.
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Old 08-25-2011, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Neither here nor there
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Can anyone here on CD enlighten the rest of us as to just how the ACLU chooses the cases it chooses to defend? How does any particular case come to their attention? Is it by referral from someone?
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Old 08-25-2011, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Land of Thought and Flow
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Can anyone here on CD enlighten the rest of us as to just how the ACLU chooses the cases it chooses to defend? How does any particular case come to their attention? Is it by referral from someone?
I would assume that the person needing defense would request such from the ACLU division of the state in which in happened.
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Old 08-25-2011, 09:49 AM
 
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Hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Ignorance is bliss, I guess...

ACLU of Colorado Supports Students Wearing Christian Symbols in the Colorado Springs School District

ACLU-NJ Defends Christian Student's Anti-Abortion Speech

ACLU of Tennessee Defends Christian Students' Right to Preach in Public Park

ACLU of Virginia Defends Christian Students' Right to Protest Against ACLU at Public School

ACLU Defends Christian Students Wearing Anti-Islam Shirts to Florida Public School

ACLU Fights For Christian Inmate's Right to Preach

ACLU of Northern California Fights Law that Got Quakers Fired Over Loyalty Oath

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ACLU of Rhode Island Files Appeal on Behalf of Christian Prisoner Barred from Preaching at Religious Services

ACLU of Michigan Defends Catholic Man Coerced to Convert to Pentecostal Faith in Drug Rehab Program

ACLU of New Jersey Joins Lawsuit Supporting Second-Grader's Right to Sing "Awesome God" at Talent Show

After ACLU Intervention on Behalf of Christian Valedictorian, Michigan High School Agrees to Stop Censoring Religious Yearbook Entries

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ACLU Fights for Baptist Preacher in Illinois

ACLU Defends Rights of Christian Group to Make Religious Protest at Funerals

ACLU Backs Christian Abortion Protester in Ohio

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ACLU Backs Missouri Nurse Penalized for Wearing Cross-Shaped Lapel Pin

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ACLU of MA Defends Students Punished for Distributing Candy Canes with Religious Messages

ACLU of Nebraska Defends Church Facing Eviction by the City of Lincoln

ACLU Defends Church's Right to Run "Anti-Santa" Ads in Boston Subways

ACLU Defends Inmate's Access to Material from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Following Threat of ACLU of Virginia Lawsuit, Officials to Agree Not to Ban Baptisms in Public Parks

ACLU Defends Families Fighting Removal Of Religious Symbols from Florida Cemetery

ACLU Supports Right of Iowa Students to Distribute Christian Literature at School

ACLU Argument In Support of the Display of a Christian Cross in a Public Forum

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ACLU Defends Free Speech Rights of Christians And Others On Main Street Plaza

ACLU Defends Prisoner's Rosary Beads

ACLU Defends Christian Group's Anti-Abortion Ads On Phoenix Buses

ACLU Pledges to Back Church in a Zoning Battle

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ACLU Offers To Represent Private Prayer on Public Property and

ACLU Joins Falwell To Fight For Church Incorporation Rights
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Old 08-25-2011, 09:51 AM
 
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Happy to hear. Everyone's free speech should be defended, even if it is completely asinine.
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Old 08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
 
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Happy to hear. Everyone's free speech should be defended, even if it is completely asinine.

Still, it rubs me the wrong way to see the ACLU defending the Westboro Church.
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Old 08-25-2011, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Brooklyn
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That's how it's going to go in a country where 'civil liberties' actually means something. We have to suck it up and take the bad with the good, sometimes.
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Old 08-25-2011, 10:02 AM
 
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Still, it rubs me the wrong way to see the ACLU defending the Westboro Church.
Oh yes, of course, me too. -.-
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