President of the ACLU, ,

The ACLU recently has been fighting to remove a tiny cross monument to WWI veterans from a mound of rocks in the Mohave Desert. 

Why does the ACLU think they are protecting the religious and patriotic liberties of Americans by attacking a tiny monument in the middle of the desert that few people ever see?

A quote from a spokesperson for the ACLU said in a recent article: "It amazes me that veterans groups that fought shoulder to shoulder with Jews and Buddhists and Muslims, for them to think something is appropriate to recognize as the common sacrifice of every religion by choosing a symbol that Jesus is the Son of God, is very selfish or oblivious," Mr. Eliasberg said.  (Washington Times, May 25, 2009)

Mr. Eliasberg is suggesting that the number of Moslem and Buddhist soldiers fighting for the United States in World War I comes even close to the number of Judeo-Christian troops. Be that as it may, the ACLU never suggests a multiple-belief monument should be set up. Instead, their only course of action is to tear down the monument. And speaking of singling out a particular belief as being “selfish or oblivious”, the article mentioned that the ACLU was representing one man who opposed the monument. So the opinion of one man who may never even drive through that area of the country, who probably couldn’t care less about the monument if it had been anything else but a cross, somehow outweighs the sacrifice of thousands of Christian Americans who died for this country, according to the ACLU.

But then it always seems the ACLU never fights for religious liberty unless the fight includes smashing some Christian monument or document. Some examples:

• Ten Commandments monuments taken down all across the country, regardless of the fact that most religions recognize at least most of the commandments as very appropriate, and the three major Monotheistic religions recognize all of them as appropriate.
• Attempts to take “Under God” removed from the Pledge, although the above comment applies to this phrase as well.
• Prayer prohibited, regardless of the religion. All religions would benefit from recognizing a moment for silent prayer.
• Moment of Silence attacked. All religions and belief systems, even atheism, could arguably benefit from such a silent moment.
• Nativity Scenes banned
• Speeches with any mention of religion banned at commencement ceremonies, to the extent that students who wish to express their religious beliefs, even in the most brief of comments, are not allowed to speak.
• Salvation Army defunded
• Boy Scouts sued
• Christmas Carols stopped
• Renaming of Christmas and Easter holidays to ambiguous and stupid titles that eliminate the true and original meaning of such holidays, thus insulting huge segments of the population.
• Bible called ‘hate speech,’ because it states that homosexuality and pedophilia is wrong.

But then again, I don’t know of a time when the ACLU has ever fought for Christian Americans, or even Americans in general. Rarely do I hear them fighting for Jewish Americans. Recently Moslem Americans have gained quite a few inroads, including the “Call to Prayer” over public loud-speakers in formally Catholic Dearborn, Michigan, and students memorizing and reciting Moslem prayers for several years in California public schools. That is OK with me, as long as Christianity and Judaism receive the same opportunities in the public arena. But of course, the Judeo-Christian Ethic is pushed down to glorify other beliefs continuously, especially by groups like the ACLU.

Although the ACLU stands for “American Civil Liberties Union”, and claims to protect all the rights or “people in this country” (I could have sworn the original mission statement used to say “Americans”), it always seems like the ACLU only fights for the rights of pedophiles, terrorists, homosexuals, illegal immigrants, Moslems who want to force women to wear burkas for ID photos, and militant atheists. The last time I checked, there are more types of Americans than these. Christians, and people who are partial to the Judeo-Christian Ethic, amazingly enough, are Americans too.

Sincerely,