On Veritas Rex, someone named Ryan McCann posted the following diatribe, which I can attest is a VERY typical accusation about that awful, unpatriotic, anti-Christian ACLU:

"I attended a high school graduation this past weekend and was very encouraged by what I saw (the high school will remain nameless as I know several ACLU of Indiana supporters frequent Veritas Rex). I am proud to report that there are still places in this country where high school administrators do not bow before the golden calf of the ACLU. This graduation ceremony at a public high school began with prayer, students who earned the right to speak at graduation were allowed to do so without having religious content censored from their speeches, but the best part was what the Superintendent had to say.
He used Jesus Christ as an example of a great leader (gasp!). He was not politically correct. He pointed to a local minister (who happens to be very theologically conservative) as an example of servant leadership in action. He named names. He gave examples. He didn’t speak in vague platitudes as many do to avoid the ire of the ACLU. He even spoke highly of our founding fathers (double gasp!) and inwardly I cheered!

The great success the ACLU has achieved in silencing people of faith has come not through complete and total legal dominance. Rather, it is one legal victory against Christian (their lawsuits are nearly always against Christians) religious expression in public schools and then a victory against a pastor, and then a community group, etc. Their real success is not in the legal victories themselves, but in their silencing effect on the masses. It gives me renewed strength to see public schools and administrators refusing to be silenced. We need more of them."

Somehow, Mr. McCann and his ilk always seem to miss the stories like THIS ONE from St. Louis Today:

"The ACLU filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a southeast Missouri city after a former library worker claimed she was disciplined when she refused to work at an event to promote a Harry Potter book due to her religious beliefs.
The woman, Deborah Smith, is a Southern Baptist who believes the Harry Potter books "popularize witchcraft and the practice of the occult," said Anthony Rothert, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri."

Oh well--facts are such inconvenient things.....

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