The people of Los Angeles made enough noise this morning in protest of the LA County's decision to cave to pressure from the ACLU to remove the cross from our county's seal that we got airtime in the No Spin Zone tonight! But somehow still failed to convince the supervisors to overturn their opinion.
It's rare that I applaud a lawsuit, but since appointed officials are ignoring the law and the people, I see no alternative. I support the Thomas More Law Center filing a lawsuit against the county on behalf of Mr. Ernesto Vasquez, "a County employee, who objects to the removal of the cross because it sends a government-sponsored message of hostility towards Christians in violation of the United States Constitution."
Bravo. I contacted TLMC myself to see what's involved, not only for the reasons Mr. Vasquez states, but also because I'd like a first hand account in order to expose the ACLU's bogus claim that they defend everyone's liberties here at Drink this... They certainly are not defending me. I also wouldn't mind exposing that all of us here in Hollywood and Los Angeles are left-wing wackos, but we are surrounded.
Once again I confess that in my previously misguided years I was a card carrying member of the ACLU, but not since they've redefined themselves. They lost my support long ago and gained an outspoken adversary when they started defending NAMBLA, that quaint little organization that promotes "man/boy" relationships in the form of sodomy, statutory rape and child pornography.
Are you a proud card carrying member of the ACLU...?
By the way, just who is the ACLU representing in its threatened case against LA County?
The survey at NBC4 says 91% say no to removing the seal.
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I must say, I am extremely ambivalent about the ACLU. I have joined them and "carried the card" on three separate occasions in my life, and then quit in rage. To my mind, the ACLU is at its best when it is defending unpopular speech without regard to content. My father, who served as "the" Republican historian at a Big Ten University, taught me at a very early age that the "First Amendment doesn't mean a damn thing for people we agree with -- it is only important for people whose ideas we despise." Unfortunately, the ACLU has increasingly focused on content, and pushed a particular social agenda. While one might say that the LA County seal case is a noble defense of the Establishment Clause, it seems that the "Establishment Clause" argument is a mere pretext to advance a political agenda that wants to drive all religion from public life. And that's annoying.
Posted by: Jack | June 09, 2004 at 06:47 AM