Just Another Thought...
By Roni Freels
A well known organization who claims their mission to be, “To defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”
The organization, a spin-off of the National Civil Liberties Bureau which began during the World War 1 era, by Crystal Eastman and Roger Baldwin is today know as the infamous American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
In 2010 the membership had scored to over 500,000 members. The organization claims they take no government funding and that their finances are covered entirely by their membership fees and from certain court cases. Each member pays twenty-dollars per month to belong to this notorious group. A large part of the members time is spent lobbying in DC. The ACLU geographically spans the United States, and deals beyond the US borders.
Crystal Eastman, set out to accomplish women’s rights and co-authored a Liberated newspaper with her brother Max. She married an Englishman who remained in London when she commuted to New York to attend to her duties. Between 1919 and 1920 she was banned from the social scene in the New York area which was attributed to her radical behavior in the process of gaining freedom for women which would allow them to vote.
Felix Frankfuter, an Associate Justice of the US Supreme court originated from Austria. He remained on the Court until his death in the late 1960’s. Frankfuter was a lead man in the developing process of the ACLU.
Roger Baldwin, who was a CEO on the National Civil Liberties Bureau, worked closely with Frankfuter and Eastman during the birthing process of the ACLU, Baldwin’s dream child. At the birth of the organization Baldwin made a conclusive statement, “Communism, of course is the goal.” He later authored the book, Liberty Under the Soviets. He died in 1981 after just months earlier receiving an honor of freedom from President Jimmy Carter.
The ACLU claims their purpose is to “defend freedom of speech, assembly and religion.”
Ironically their purpose is not justifiable. In Florida recently an elementary school girl and her mother were passing out pencils on the school grounds which had an inscription, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The little girl was punished by the school officials and her mother was asked to leave the grounds. The mother did as she was asked, but driving home she was stopped by two separate police officers. Prior to that incident, two school officials at another school in Florida prayed before receiving a meal at a sports banquet and were jailed and fined after the Florida ACLU was alerted.
Defending freedom of speech, assembly and religion seems to be the initial problem with both incidents.
The organization has caused an upheaval over the Christmas greeting, “Merry Christmas.” It is also noted that they are strongly encouraging the government to remove In God we trust from American money. It is against their standard to associate with any aspects of religion or Christian belief, unless in a derogatory manner- however, they claim to defend Christian freedom and their values.
The ACLU is a strong supporter of the woman’s right to cause pregnancy to end in abortion at the hand of a “qualified” abortionist. Lately they have involved themselves in the equality for gays, which includes same sex marriages.
Their mission remains, “To defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”
The mission applies, to anyone in this country, as their mission states, providing those persons have no Christian values.
By Roni Freels
A well known organization who claims their mission to be, “To defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”
The organization, a spin-off of the National Civil Liberties Bureau which began during the World War 1 era, by Crystal Eastman and Roger Baldwin is today know as the infamous American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
In 2010 the membership had scored to over 500,000 members. The organization claims they take no government funding and that their finances are covered entirely by their membership fees and from certain court cases. Each member pays twenty-dollars per month to belong to this notorious group. A large part of the members time is spent lobbying in DC. The ACLU geographically spans the United States, and deals beyond the US borders.
Crystal Eastman, set out to accomplish women’s rights and co-authored a Liberated newspaper with her brother Max. She married an Englishman who remained in London when she commuted to New York to attend to her duties. Between 1919 and 1920 she was banned from the social scene in the New York area which was attributed to her radical behavior in the process of gaining freedom for women which would allow them to vote.
Felix Frankfuter, an Associate Justice of the US Supreme court originated from Austria. He remained on the Court until his death in the late 1960’s. Frankfuter was a lead man in the developing process of the ACLU.
Roger Baldwin, who was a CEO on the National Civil Liberties Bureau, worked closely with Frankfuter and Eastman during the birthing process of the ACLU, Baldwin’s dream child. At the birth of the organization Baldwin made a conclusive statement, “Communism, of course is the goal.” He later authored the book, Liberty Under the Soviets. He died in 1981 after just months earlier receiving an honor of freedom from President Jimmy Carter.
The ACLU claims their purpose is to “defend freedom of speech, assembly and religion.”
Ironically their purpose is not justifiable. In Florida recently an elementary school girl and her mother were passing out pencils on the school grounds which had an inscription, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The little girl was punished by the school officials and her mother was asked to leave the grounds. The mother did as she was asked, but driving home she was stopped by two separate police officers. Prior to that incident, two school officials at another school in Florida prayed before receiving a meal at a sports banquet and were jailed and fined after the Florida ACLU was alerted.
Defending freedom of speech, assembly and religion seems to be the initial problem with both incidents.
The organization has caused an upheaval over the Christmas greeting, “Merry Christmas.” It is also noted that they are strongly encouraging the government to remove In God we trust from American money. It is against their standard to associate with any aspects of religion or Christian belief, unless in a derogatory manner- however, they claim to defend Christian freedom and their values.
The ACLU is a strong supporter of the woman’s right to cause pregnancy to end in abortion at the hand of a “qualified” abortionist. Lately they have involved themselves in the equality for gays, which includes same sex marriages.
Their mission remains, “To defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”
The mission applies, to anyone in this country, as their mission states, providing those persons have no Christian values.
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