ACLU Hypocrisy

The ACLU is the enemy of the people of the United States, simply look at their litigation activities and you see non-stop attempts to tear apart the fabric that has made this country great.

From IBD:
Posted 5/25/2006

Free Speech: The American Civil Liberties Union fancies itself guardian of the First Amendment and crusader for open government. Yet it may soon impose a gag order on its own board members.

ACLU lawyers spend much of their time standing before judges, advocating dissent and diversity in American society. But it turns out that behind the closed doors of the ACLU's offices, free speech isn't encouraged — and before long it may be prohibited.

"Conformity" isn't supposed to be in the ACLU's lexicon, but "new standards" of behavior now being considered would make ACLU board members "conform to the board's shared understanding of the responsibilities of its members," The New York Times reports. ACLU leaders dictate that "a director may publicly disagree with an ACLU policy position, but may not criticize the ACLU board or staff." The explanation? Money. Disagreement may "affect the ACLU adversely in terms of public support and fundraising."

Intimidation tactics have already been employed by ACLU executive director Anthony Romero against the organization's board members. Last month, board member Wendy Kaminer told The New York Sun that she considered the ACLU's endorsement of legislation to regulate advertising by pro-life crisis pregnancy centers "appalling." Board member John Brittain agreed it threatened free speech.

Romero blew up at Kaminer at the ACLU's April board meeting and is apparently trying to get her ousted. Board member David Kennison wrote in an e-mail that Romero claimed to have a "thick file on her," referring to Kaminer. According to Kennison, Romero made it clear he had a file on him too. Romero told the Times he said that only because Kennison provoked him. Romero also denied keeping a file on Kaminer.

Attendees of the April meeting of the ACLU board say Romero demanded that board member Alison Steiner leave the room with him. When they were alone, he reportedly dressed her down "for the look on her face" during Romero's public temper tantrum against Kaminer — so apparently even facial expressions constitute banned forms of speech within the corridors of the ACLU.

When it comes to others, this dangerous cabal of radical lawyers considers speech to include even child pornography. In its 1982 Ferber decision, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a New York state law prohibiting the distribution of child pornography. But that ruling was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals, which was convinced by the ACLU the previous year to rescind the law under the rationale that kiddie porn was entitled to First Amendment protections.

As Catholic League President William Donohue describes it in the book "Twilight of Liberty: The Legacy of the ACLU":

"The ACLU's position is this: criminalize the production but legalize the sale and distribution of child pornography. This is the kind of lawyerly distinction that no one on the Supreme Court found convincing."

This is an organization that in the age of terrorism considers metal detectors in airports an invasion of privacy. The ACLU now objects to the low-radiation "backscatter" devices airports are beginning to use. They can detect any metal or plastic object beneath clothing that terrorists could use as a weapon. According to Barry Steinhardt, head of the ACLU's technology program, "This leads directly to a surveillance society."

This latest ACLU hypocrisy proves once again that its lofty rhetoric masks its true agenda to undermine America's security and culture.

As Roger Baldwin, founder of the ACLU and its executive director until 1950, said:
"I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."