Name one good thing ACLU has done for this country other than fighting for criminal & child abusers?

Question

Nina:.. I did try to find the things you listed.. for some reason i can't find the references. Where did you pull that list out off?

Answer 1

The ACLU opposes:

1.The use of drug-sniffing dogs
2.Attempts to strengthen DUI alcohol laws
3.Laws restricting areas where the sexual offenders of children can live
4.Life sentences for juveniles convicted of extremely violent crimes
5.The “Three Strikes” law mandating harsher sentences for those with three felony convictions
6.Withholding voting rights for felons
7.Mandatory sentencing laws for crack-cocaine possession
8.Shutting down Methadone clinics
9.Laws stipulating where half-way houses may be located
10.Drug testing of welfare recipients
11.Federal faith-based drug treatment programs
12.Federal laws banning student loans to convicted drug addicts
13.Abstinence-only sex education for students Conscience protection rights for medical providers
14.Informed consent and “Women’s Right to Know” laws
15.Pro-life state license plates
16.Federal immigration laws targeting border security and preventing entrance of illegal aliens as well as the enforcement of those laws
17.Denying drivers licenses to illegal aliens
18.Federal laws identifying citizenship status of those receiving treatment at medical facilities
19.Homosexuality
20.Gay marriage and benefits for gay “families”
21.Marriage between only a man and a woman
22.Ten Commandments displays
23.Use of government facilities by the Boy Scouts
24.Religious symbols in public parks
25.Prayers at military academies
26.Keeping “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance
27.Keeping the national motto (“In God We Trust”) on currency
28.Faith-based programs
29.The observance of religious holidays
30.The mention of God in a state motto
31.Prayers to open legislatures
32.Moment-of-silence laws at schools
33.Religious sales tax exemptions
34.Educational choice and vouchers
35.Prayer in judicial arenas
36.Character cities
37.Mayor’s prayer breakfasts
38.City council prayers
39.School board prayers
40.Nativity scenes

41.Religious symbols in city seals
42.Voluntary distribution of Gideon Bibles
43.Graduation prayers
44.Athletic prayers
45.Intelligent Design or any mention of creation or a Creator
46.Prayers at school or at school events
47.School choirs singing religious songs
48.Opposes library policies blocking access of minors to sexual content, gambling, and illegal activities
49.Opposes denying visas to foreigners who oppose the United States government
50.Opposes one federal agency from sharing with another federal agency the information that it has on Arabs in America
51.Supports anti-American foreign terrorists captured on the battlefield having the same constitutional protections as U. S. citizens, even though the guarantees in the U. S. Constitution apply only to American citizens
52.Supports activists disrupting military funerals and confronting the distraught family members with offensive and inappropriate language
53.Opposes banning convicted sex offenders from having access to parks where children play.

And look at what the support!
1.Bigamy and polygamy
2.Pedophilia and legalizing sex between children and adults.
3.Transgender rights
4.Supports the notion that the “separation of church and state” trumps students' freedom of speech

Somebody tell me why this is good for America?..

Oh you want references?

Just Name your Topic. There is too many to list!

Answer 2

The ACLU has made the following decisions possible:

Turner v. Dept. of Employment Security, a Supreme Court case that struck down a law that made pregnant women ineligible for unemployment benefits during maternity leave.

In Peters v. Wayne-State University, women and men paid equal sums into the retirement plan, but women received lower monthly benefits than their male counterparts upon retirement.

These disparities were purportedly justified by women's longer projected life spans; individual women's contributions or benefits were calculated based on conclusions about how women on average would fare under such plans. The friend-of-the-court brief penned on behalf of WRP (a branch of the ACLU) helped procure a Supreme Court victory in . The principles established in these cases required all employer-sponsored insurance and pension plans to treat men and women equally.

Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971). In this case, the United States Supreme Court ruled for the first time ever that a law that discriminates against women is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. In reaching this result, the Court relied on a brief written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ACLU Women’s Rights Project’s first director. The Court rules unanimously that a state statute that provides that males must be preferred to
females in estate administration denies women equal protection of the law.

The ACLU has also made strides to abolish capital punishment in America. In the states, Illinois and then Maryland declared moratoriums on the death penalty. And in the courts, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that that executing people with mental retardation violates the Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment. The Court also ruled that a death penalty trial must be resolved be a jury rather than a judge. Finally, a U.S. District Judge declared that the federal death penalty is unconstitutional.

The ACLU spearheaded the defeat of an effort by the Christian Coalition and others to overturn a Florida human rights ordinance that bans discrimination against gays and lesbians in housing, employment, lending and public.

Answer 3

They have been trying to defend the Bill of Rights. I suspect they are very anti-Christian though. This may be because they are Jewish and think of Christianity as automatically anti-semitic. This seems to be a growing trend in the Jewish faith. To reach out and stamp someone out. I don't think they want to hurt Christians in a physical sense, but if they could stamp Christianity into the ground, they would be pretty happy. Most of them would not defend Israel either so don't take it personally. Now you will call me anti-semitic for making this observation, but I bet I can read Torah in the original Hebrew better than most reform or conservative Jews. I am just telling the facts folks. The ACLU however has the right to exist as any other organization. They do hold govt. accountable and we need more people who do that.

Answer 4

From the Pledge of Allegiance to the Ten Commandments,
to prayer, the ACLU has become a censor of religious freedom. They have effectively manipulated our very founding principles to repress religious liberty.

It's ironic that people came to this country for religious freedom; to have the freedom to practice their religion. Maybe the ACLU is dyslexic, and thinks the Constitution guarantees freedom FROM religion (not freedom OF religion).

The ACLU is destroying the ability of America to function as a normal society by pushing a radical agenda that supports polygamy, child pornography, infanticide, gun control and more. Why does the ACLU defend those creeps at NAMBLA? (the perverted old geezers that want to have sex with young boys)

Though they claim to be great defenders of liberty,
they are defending terrorists, molesters and murderers
while attacking honest, hard-working, principled Americans.
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The ACLU is the epitome of what is wrong with America.

The biggest societal mistake America commits is trying to make everything perfect. Every miniscule offense, whether real or imagined, has to be "corrected". Hence, people develop a bizarre sense of absolute entitlement.

Filmmaker Michael Moore asks people throughout his movie on the Columbine massacre why America had so much violent crime, often involving guns. Here is the answer he has been looking for: the unrealistic sense of absolute entitlement driven into the minds of Americans.

Only in America does one person have the "right" to be offended by something that neither concerns nor even affects him. In Florida, ONE Muslim complained about a nativity scene in a library, so everyone had to be deprived of seeing a beautiful, traditional Christmas display because of one silly, petulant whiner. In another case, a person complained about a nativity scene, even though they also had a Jewish Menorah and Muslim religious symbols on display for people to enjoy.

People have gotten so crazy about their "inviolate rights" that when something relatively insignificant happens, they react by shooting someone.

The ACLU does not understand one simple concept: a society cannot function when everyone has the right to disrupt absolutely anything they don't agree with. Imagine if you had a big dinner party at your home, and "Sally" complains about all the dishes containing meat, because she is a vegetarian.

"Bill" objects to the gold-rimmed wine glasses because gold is sometimes mined by underpaid workers in third world countries.

"Janice" complains that the dinner plates were manufactured by a non eco-friendly company, and demands that her host destroy all the offensive china immediately.

"Ahmed" bitterly denouces his hostess because she is serving wine, which violates the precepts held dear in the Koran. Also, this infidel hostess should be covered from head to toe in a burka, because her exposed calves are an abomination to god.

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Just like this dinner party could not even be held, a society cannot function when the legitimacy of absolutely everything is constantly challenged.

Enough of this chaos. Let's send the ACLU over to Iran for a couples years, and then we'll see if they change their tune!

Answer 5

Are you guys high? Maybe you just can't read.

The ACLU is NOT anti-Christian. Look at this:

December 22, 2004: ACLU of New Jersey successfully defends right of religious expression by jurors.

November 20, 2004: ACLU of Nevada supports free speech rights of evangelists to preach on the sidewalks of the strip in Las Vegas.

August 11, 2004: ACLU of Nebraska defends church facing eviction by the city of Lincoln.

July 10, 2004: Indiana Civil Liberties Union defends the rights of a Baptist minister to preach his message on public streets.

June 3, 2004: Under pressure from the ACLU of Virginia, officials agree not to prohibit baptisms on public property in Falmouth Waterside Park in Stafford County.

May 11, 2004: After ACLU of Michigan intervened on behalf of a Christian Valedictorian, a public high school agrees to stop censoring religious yearbook entries.

March 25, 2004: ACLU of Washington defends an Evangelical minister's right to preach on sidewalks.

February 21, 2003: ACLU of Massachusetts defends students punished for distributing candy canes with religious messages.

October 28, 2002: ACLU of Pennsylvania files discrimination lawsuit over denial of zoning permit for African American Baptist church.

July 11, 2002: ACLU supports right of Iowa students to distribute Christian literature at school.

April 17, 2002: In a victory for the Rev. Jerry Falwell and the ACLU of Virginia, a federal judge strikes down a provision of the Virginia Constitution that bans religious organizations from incorporating.

January 18, 2002: ACLU defends Christian church's right to run “anti-Santa” ads in Boston subways.

Jeez and crackers...do a little research, people.

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Answer 7

They're a group of human beings who don't always live up to their ideal, like everyone else.

At their best, they defend the principle that everyone has rights, no matter how personally repulsive they may be. They have defended liberals, conservatives, and all sorts of people and groups.

There have been many allegations of bias, though, in the cases they choose. Being more "vigilant" in removing Christian influences from public schools and the public sphere than in removing Muslim ones, for example.

People can do the research and make up their own minds.

Answer 8

They wrote letters in defense of the ungrateful blow hole Rush Bimbo, represented a girl in her defense for her right to express her religious beliefs, Christian beliefs.
There are many, many other things that they have done for the conservative right but unfortunately you will only hear about what they do for the liberal left.
This is nothing but a way to suppress civil rights activists and promote discrimination.

Answer 9

None. Zilch. Nada.

They have chewed away at this country's legal system and morals. They have succeeded in tossing victims' rights and protecting criminals.

They are they scourge of this country.

Answer 10

They gave representation to the North American Man-Boy Love Association!!!

FOR FREE!!!

Oh wait, that's a bad thing.