Activist Claims ACLU Harms Citizens, Wants Litigious Group Curbed

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Activist Claims ACLU Actions Harms Citizens, Wants Litigious Group Curbed

By Allie Martin and Jenni Parker
October 13, 2005

(AgapePress) - The president of a Christian activist organization is among a growing number of citizens who are saying it is about time for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to stop trying to put criminals' rights above the rights of American citizens.

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has commended Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other New York officials, saying he respects their judgment and considers their precautious "absolutely appropriate." But just this past summer, the city officials may well have felt chastised for taking such careful counter-terrorism measures when the ACLU sued the City of New York, arguing that it had violated the rights of subway passengers by doing random searches.

Don Swarthout, president of the Kentucky-based group Christians Reviving America's ValuEs (CRAVE), believes the ACLU is not looking out for the civil rights of average U.S. citizens when it does things like bringing this suit against New York, or attacking expressions of religious faith in the public square, or trying to squelch acknowledgement of America's Judeo-Christian religious heritage.

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Citizens Call on Congress to Reign In ACLU
Apparently, Swarthout says, members of the so-called civil liberties organization "really are not so concerned about the rights of the law-abiding citizens." He has drafted a letter to Congress asking U.S. lawmakers to investigate the ACLU's policies and true intentions, and to look into the group's "widespread use of frivolous lawsuits" following its legal action against New York City. Meanwhile, a petition drive spearheaded by the Center for Reclaiming America is mobilizing more than 100,000 Americans to urge Congress to pass a bill to curb the ACLU by denying plaintiff attorneys the right to collect attorney fees in lawsuits that target religion in the public square. The petition in support of legislation by Representative John Hostettler (Rep.-Indiana) calls for "a stand against the ACLU's radical agenda, which undermines our nation's moral and religious heritage."


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[donheld]

1. This country would suffer immensely without the ACLU

We must have this organization of which i'm a proud member.

[moobu2]

2. These people absolutely hate America ..

[Rose Siding]

3. Locking

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