Thread: ACLU subject of protest - Video and lots of pics

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Local residents protest the group's lawsuit against Lake Forest.
By ALEJANDRA MOLINA
The Orange County Register

About 50 opponents of illegal immigration gathered outside the ACLU office in Orange to protest the organization's lawsuit against the City of Lake Forest and for the group's stance against issues like religion and abortion.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Lake Forest, alleging that the city infringed on day workers' right to free speech by enforcing a law that prohibits people from standing on sidewalks to solicit work.

The city has since repealed the solicitation ordinance that the lawsuit challenged.

Deborah Craig of Mission Viejo with Campo Minutemen helped organize the protest on Friday to speak against the day laborers in the Lake Forest community.

"The mass of day laborers are very close to where we live … it's moving down to Mission Viejo," Craig said. "We have a right to do something about this."

Hector Villagra, director of ACLU in the Orange County office, said ACLU respects the protesters' right to free speech.

"We have no objection to people doing that even if they're exercising that right to criticize what we do," Villagra said. "It's ironic that what we're trying to do in that case is defend the very right that they're exercising."

Villagra said that even though the city repealed the solicitation ordinance, ACLU is continuing with the suit. According to Villagra, the city's police presence has targeted the day workers' ability to stand on the sidewalk and practice their freedom of speech.

Bob Holtzclaw of Lake Forest said the day laborers on Jeronimo and El Toro roads negatively affect the quality of life of their communities and said the city should re-enact the solicitation ordinance.

"It hurts property values … this is not what we want for our city," Holtzclaw said. "The citizens of Lake Forest will bring the message to them that we are not afraid of the ACLU."

Reporter Mark Eades contributed to this report.

Contact the writer: amolina@ocregister.com or 949-45-7360


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Wow. What a beautiful day for a protest.

Did anyone ever come out of that ACLU office door?! To make a statement?

Originally Posted by fedupinwaukegan

Wow. What a beautiful day for a protest.

Did anyone ever come out of that ACLU office door?! To make a statement?

Most people now recognize the ACLU as a litigation racket which earns money from threatening people with lawsuits. Our Founding Fathers would have stopped this criminal organization.

http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articl ... 07_12.html

Bill would halt legal fees for ACLU in church-state cases
by Dustin McNab — BP News


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WASHINGTON — It’s not fair for taxpayers to pay the legal bills for organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), says Sen. Sam Brownback.

The Kansas Republican has reintroduced the Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA), which seeks to change how attorneys’ fees are granted in cases involving the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Current law allows attorneys to recover their fees in many kinds of cases, including suits against government dealing with civil rights and the Establishment Clause, which says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.â€

Those signs and the people were awesome. The Anti-American Civil Litigation Users should be abolished or deported during the next round of ICE raids.

All that was missing was the tar and feathers for the ACLU.