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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a non-profit organization that focuses on defending civil rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and press.
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Why some people want under god taken out of the U. S. Pledge of Allegiance?
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Because of the law of separation of church and state. people may complain about it anyway because they believe its unfair to the people who believe in Allah and Buddha and other religions. But at the same time those who do wish to remove it are in accordance to the original constitution. The constitution was never based upon any religion or religious backgrounds, people are often confused by those who wrote the constitution and their religious backgrounds rather than what is said on the constitution, This is a prime factor as to why it should be removed.
15 years after the constitution was written, the bill of rights was introduced in 1791 further implementing that religion has no place in the government. When a person from another country comes to either the U.S. or Canada they should be expected to follow all laws of that country. As far as religious preferences they have the freedom to have their own religions, churches and temples.
When was American Civil Liberties Union created?
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People's Union for Civil Liberties was created in 1976.
Why the ACLU?
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The American Civil Liberties Union is broken down two separate non-profit organizations:
The ACLU foundation which focuses on litigation and communication efforts, and the American Civil Liberties Union which focuses on legislative lobbying.
Its primary mission is to defend and preserve the Bill of Rights, the amendments to the U.S Constitution that guarantee individual civil right to each of the country's citizens.
Who is the chief officer of the house of representatives and of the senate?
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The Speaker of the House.
The current US Speaker is Nancy Pelosi.
This person is the 3rd most powerful person in the Federal Government after the President and Vice President. If both the President and VP are incapable of preforming (or dead) this person takes over.
He or she is elected by the House of Representatives.
Their Duties are:
*Presiding over House meetings (or delegates people to do this)
*Setting the agenda/calendar for the Majority party in the House
*Serves on the chair of the majority committee
*Helps bills to pass which the majority party of House supports
Discuss the difference between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause how might they be in conflict what position do the attorneys for the ACLU and the legal liberty institute take?
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Establishment - Separates church and state, and prohibits an official religion.
Free Exercise - Second part of constitutional guarantee of religions freedom. allows people to believe in whatever they want that has to do with religion.
Is the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU anti-Christian?
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Well, some people think so, and certainly the ACLU and "religion" have gone head-to-head in the past... but the ACLU isn't really against any one religion. It is more about trying to ensure that there is a separation between church and state (which is the law), and that no-one gets stepped on because Religion is trying to pick on them or discriminate against them. In some ways, this makes it difficult for religious people who sometimes feel picked on by the ACLU, but I don't think that they are actively anti-Christian.
Whether they are a good organization or not, I can't really tell you... but definitely not all people who belong to the ACLU are anti-Christian, and definitely they have done some good, mixed in there with some less good things... just like anyone. We do good things and bad things, and hopefully the good wins out. :)
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The separation the ACLU insists on, I do not believe was never intended by the founding fathers.
Did the ACLU defend Rush Limbaugh?
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Yes, they did. You can read the story in its entirety here: See the related link below.
Fox News, reporting the unbiased truth ever since deciding what truth should be
What was the role of the ACLU during the Scopes Trial?
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They tried to protect the teachers Freedom of Speech
