History of the ACLU
Tuesday November 14, 2006
Category: History and Profiles
Type "civil liberties" into Google and you'll find two sites right away: This one, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) homepage. For 86 years, the ACLU has challenged U.S., state, county, and local governments in an effort to make sure that the Bill of Rights and the principles that guide it are consistently protected.
But, as is true of most activist organizations, there was a time when the ACLU was a small, marginalized, and largely powerless group of like-minded concerned citizens. Read up on the history of the ACLU and learn where the ACLU came from--and what it accomplished under its first two executive directors, Roger Nash Baldwin and Patrick Murphy Malin.
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But, as is true of most activist organizations, there was a time when the ACLU was a small, marginalized, and largely powerless group of like-minded concerned citizens. Read up on the history of the ACLU and learn where the ACLU came from--and what it accomplished under its first two executive directors, Roger Nash Baldwin and Patrick Murphy Malin.
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Why do you find the Cross so offensive???This is of course concerning The Mojave Cross.It has been erected since 1934, and no one has been bothered by it all this time. It has significant meaning to those who placed it there in the first place, don’t they mean anything?? How is it hurting you, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to go see it!! I really fail to understand this issue with the Cross with you people. The Holy Bible states that the Cross if offensive to those that are perishing.
Its not about the cross per-say. Its about Christ/God. read the book of Revelation. I can say this the ACLU is not really standing up for are bill of rights, our the American constitution. they are trying to rip it down …remember one thing people out of sight out of mind.