One case comes to my mind. A public school teacher wore a gold cross around her neck. Just a little necklace.
A child complained that it was offensive (we won't discuss the silliness of this assertion). The ACLU came swooping in on the side of the CHILD. This really bothered me, as I see the teacher's right to wear a small, personal sign of her faith, as an important right. If she was using the cross to preach her religion to the class, or was wearing an inappropriate religious message of some ilk, I might understand....but this just seemed stupid to me. Many times the ACLU comes down on the right side, but there are a fair number of times where I don't think they do. I guess for myself, I'd just prefer to judge each distinct case on it's own merits, and see where my opinions fall. If i've already given money to the ACLU...that decision is made for me. > > Do have any examples of positions that that ACLU has fought for that > you don't support? > > For me one example (and I don't know many) is getting a cross off the > seal of California. While the cross CAN be a religious symbol, it's > also a historic symbol of their missionary past so I have no > objections to it. > > Another is the "one nation, under God" - I'm not sure I care about > this as "God" is not the church, man is, and it's man we need to be > protected from. > > As to the "over the top", that's the negotiator in me talking. > Usually you have to demand 2 times more than you want to get what you > need. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162190 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
