Plea from a parent who wants to keep their kid free of SSNs
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Well, seeing how Mr. Treibs is not a Nazi, satan worshipper, or pagan fundamentalist, I doubt that the ACLU will want much to do with him.
This slur is unwarranted. The ACLU has a long tradition of defending religious rights, even those of Christians. My personal favorite is the case of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the 1950s. The Witnesses believe that they cannot honestly pledge allegiance to the flag. They believe that they owe allegiance to God. Were the government to act in a way that was other than God's intention, they would be unable to cooperate. This had to go all the way to the Supreme Court and it was the ACLU that did it when nobody else would. Be my guest to criticize the ACLU, but you'd do better to pick one of their weak points. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNCtLP5aWtjSmRH/5AQG45Qf8Doesmpghrdt572xVCXtTCy1K/TY0h75I OwJV4hG/NHo/QnUyD2m3qoH0GzAPntCEyDcg8J5BLBJlkYPQXS8yDZu6irHtstIj 3gLSbL8sXQQ+0SfFPt4iRQPFd8x0erjZE7MH8wxvZGwUQJfHnUtrG8PaOdFWyzpg tg9/lBet+GAM18DtQhqYPN1/eJ+bkoW6MBq83ncSVJ2CD90mGQBK7/Ifunn8jLUG fZ1CMdanJjjCOhLOEWIGqx6kJXZQhmol3DMrCDYTYXemP3GNoaPeHScZJB5GsiPF WFzqzgyakncp+P1EGWqr+2+TG+4LV1cXg9kJOfD3q9z1uz+/n4CRvA== =9B3r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
The ACLU certainly deserves criticism for its knee-jerk left-wing view on some issues. I'd also be interested in seeing them take a stand on 2nd Amendment issues; right now they don't have a position, as I understand it. But on free speech and SSN-type issues they're generally good. I forwarded the original "Plea from a parent" message to some folks at the ACLU who expressed an interest in helping out. -Declan PS: Jane Fonda, of all people, just stopped by the bureau for a correspondent's birthday party! Sure, we had Newt here on Monday, but Fonda -- there's a //real// celebrity... At 22:30 +0200 9/26/97, Anonymous wrote:
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John Bishop wrote:
Well, seeing how Mr. Treibs is not a Nazi, satan worshipper, or pagan fundamentalist, I doubt that the ACLU will want much to do with him.
This slur is unwarranted. The ACLU has a long tradition of defending religious rights, even those of Christians.
My personal favorite is the case of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the 1950s. The Witnesses believe that they cannot honestly pledge allegiance to the flag. They believe that they owe allegiance to God. Were the government to act in a way that was other than God's intention, they would be unable to cooperate.
This had to go all the way to the Supreme Court and it was the ACLU that did it when nobody else would.
Be my guest to criticize the ACLU, but you'd do better to pick one of their weak points.
Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.html
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