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ACLU: 'Always Corrosive, Loathsome and Unhinged'

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Posted: July 17, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern



By Barbara Simpson



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© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
The American Civil Liberties Union has too much time on its hands.

The organization is like a pesky flea, jumping around uncontrollably, able to draw blood and fully capable of driving you crazy, if not killing you.

The ACLU is at it again and this one takes the cake! No doubt, over the years its taken up some questionable causes, but this latest one proves its lost it.


It not only has too much time to fill but also too much money, so it needs to divine ''injustices'' where none exist just to keep its army of lawyers busy.

It touts the fact it litigates nearly 6-thousand cases a year. And it keeps finding new ones.

This organization has been around for 76 years. It claims to be non-profit (the ACLU Foundation is tax deductible, ACLU membership isn't) and non-partisan. That many of the current efforts are aimed at the Bush Administration and its efforts in the War on Terror – including shutting down Guantanamo – might lead one to question the definition of ''non-partisan.''

Be that as it may, it's no accident most of its projects deal with clearly liberal/progressive/socialistic views: women’s reproductive health, a support of sex education in schools, homosexual discrimination, a moratorium on federal executions, and equal rights for everyone, including illegal aliens.

So what's the ACLU up to now?

Consider the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Given the population changes in that state over the past 30 years, it's not surprising that 30 languages are spoken among the 125,146 who live there. That certainly represents the effect of immigration on this, and indeed, many cities across the country.

Sterling Heights has, over the years, been conscious of the multiculturalism in the community. In line with that, it has made efforts to meet the needs of its residents.

To quote from the city website: ''The city of Sterling Heights has long valued and fostered the cultural diversity of its residents and businesses ...''

So concerned was it, that it was one of the first cities in Michigan to have an Ethnic Community Committee with residents as members who serve as advisors to the elected city council.

In other words, it's an American city that bends over backwards to accommodate and consider the needs and wants of people who are not native to the country and who seek to maintain their native language and customs while in the United States.

Given all that, what did Sterling Heights do to get the attention of the ACLU and cause the organization to send town officials a pointed letter charging a proposed ordinance is ''unconstitutional, anti-immigrant and unnecessary''?

Unnecessary? Since when is the necessity of laws in this country within the purview of the ACLU? If that were the case, they'd be handling thousands more than 6,000 cases a year!

The only thing the city did was prepare an ordinance requiring businesses with foreign-language signs to also have signs in English identifying what kind of business it is – for example ''bakery'' or ''clothing.''

The ordinance was drafted by the city attorney in May, at the request of Councilwoman Barbara Ziarko. It wasn't an arbitrary request.

The proposed ordinance is part of a complete updating of the city Fire Code. According to Fire Chief John Childs, as reported in the Detroit News, the new ordinance is needed to improve response time for emergency crews.

He explained that people reporting fires or other emergencies would be better able to describe the location to dispatchers if they knew what kind of establishment it was.

In other words, more people would be able to read the signs – in English!

The chief says it has nothing to do with race.

He stresses it's all about response time and safety.

Clearly, the ACLU thinks otherwise since one of the accusations in its letter is that the ordinance is ''anti-immigrant.''

Does it surprise you that co-signers of the letter were officials from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan and Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development, Inc.?

The city received the letter on July 13, and in its response, said: ''Any assertion that the city's pubic safety effort is intended as a restriction on the expression of cultural diversity is categorically denied.''

What is it with small business signs and the ACLU?

It was only a month ago, that I wrote a WND commentary about Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia. The owner, Joey Vento, posted a sign near the take-out counter: ''This is America: When ordering, speak English.''

Vento is a member of an immigrant family and believes it's the responsibility of immigrants to learn English. He doesn't refuse anyone service but prefers they speak the language or our country – English.

He was accused of everything from racism to bone-headedness to being mean-spirited. The Human Relations Commission filed a discrimination complaint, claiming denial of service because of national origin and having printed material that makes some people feel unwelcome. (!)

Then the ACLU got into the act, claiming the sign was a possible violation of the public-accommodation laws. (!!)

That's a stretch, but now they've topped themselves with the rationale for their objection to the city of Sterling Heights ordinance.

Michael J. Steinberg of the ACLU told the Detroit News the city proposal is unconstitutional ''because it singles out businesses with signs.''

I don't know about you, but I've yet to see a business – any business – that doesn't have a sign!

What kind of world do these people live in?

Clearly the ACLU is out of control. It's power mad because its been given free rein to attack anything it chooses for any pretense and has millions of tax-deductible dollars to accomplish the travesties. In the process, it perpetuates the organization's socialistic beliefs (does it surprise you that its founder Roger Baldwin was a communist?) and ruin lives.

This is an organization that calls itself ''our nation's guardian of liberty.''

I've got a suggestion for a new meaning for the ACLU:

ALWAYS CORROSIVE, LOATHSOME AND UNHINGED!

Remember Geno's Steaks, in Philadelphia.

I just hate the ACLU!