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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), in my humble opinion, has been one of the greatest scourges of this nation for some time now. I was shocked recently to learn that under a 1976 federal law called the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act, the ACLU has been gouging taxpayers for lawsuits they initiate. The law was designed to help plaintiffs in civil rights cases, but the ACLU has perverted it for First Amendment cases they file. They claim it is a civil right NOT to see a cross, the Ten Commandments, or hear the pledge of allegiance, etcetera.

So when the ACLU recently sued the Los Angeles County Supervisors to have a small cross removed from its seal, LA County caved rather than fight, purportedly to avoid legal costs. The problem is, taxpayers will still be forced to pay the ACLU for their legal fees.

This is a cash cow the ACLU has found quite profitable in recent years. As a result of the famous Ten Commandments monument case against Judge Roy Moore in Montgomery, Ala., in which the ACLU sued and a Carter appointed judge forced the removal of the monument, the ACLU and two other leftist organizations stuck it to Alabama taxpayers for $540,000 in attorney's fees and expenses.

In Kentucky, the ACLU bilked taxpayers for $121,500 for another Ten Commandments "offense," and taxpayers in one Tennessee county had to fork over $50,000 for the same thing. And back in California, when the ACLU sued to deny the Boy Scouts use of San Diego's Balboa Park recently, which the Scouts had used since 1915, they collected a staggering $790,000 in legal fees, plus $160,000 in court costs, again compliments of taxpayers. The crux of the lawsuit was the ACLU's contention that because the Boy Scouts refuse to accept homosexual scoutmasters, and because "to do my duty to God and my country" is part of the scout oath, they should be designated "a religious organization".

With thousands of "religious symbols" all over the country, this madness will continue unless good Americans stand up to hate groups like the ACLU and say enough is enough.

Fortunately, a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives (H.R. 3609) by Rep. John Hostettler of Indiana, which would end the ACLU racketeering by amending the federal law that makes it possible. Under this bill, the ACLU would no longer be able to collect attorney fees for winning these ridiculous lawsuits. This is a bill all people should encourage their representative to embrace.

It would be interesting to see just how motivated the ACLU is to pursue its anti-Christian agenda if its members are forced to pay for it themselves.

By Jim Clements

TruthSavvy:

Maybe the ACLU is targeting their easiest prey, Christianity (the Church and Christians) to build their coffers by their ambidextrous lawsuits to farther their communistic agenda because they believe that Christians will do nothing to stop them or that we are their biggest obstacle.