What War on Christmas? ACLU Fights for Christmas Tree!

[AAsch at aol.com]

Dear ReligionLaw readers,
 
In the last few months, I've made a few submissions to this list  about new 
cases I've added to my webpage at _http://www.ACLUFightsForChristians.com_ 
(http://www.ACLUFightsForChristians.com) .  As I explain on that page, the reason 
I created that list of cases was to  counteract A LOT of misinformation about 
the ACLU on the internet. I happened to  see a lot of this misinformation 
because I used to help moderate the ACLU  message boards. I saw a lot of ACLU 
myths like the ones at:
 
_http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_aclu_marines_praying.htm_ 
(http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_aclu_marines_praying.htm) 
 
and
 
_http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/cemetery.asp_ 
(http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/cemetery.asp) 
 
Unfortunately, I also saw last month that Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ added to  
the misinformation in his article at:
 
_http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JaySekulow/2006/11/28/the_aclu_targets_chr
istians_ 
(http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JaySekulow/2006/11/28/the_aclu_targets_christians) 
 
(not only does the title of Jay Sekulow's article add to the  misinformation, 
that article includes a claim that the ACLU has a  "never-ending quest to 
completely eradicate all things religious from public  life.")
 
I've never understood why people who should know better still frame  a 
disagreement about the meaning of the Establishment Clause as something  like 
"targeting Christians." Or, really, I'm afraid I DO understand.
 
Anyway, back when I helped moderate the ACLU message boards, I would often  
get asked to "name one case where the ACLU represented a Christian." Now I  
have dozens of such cases and the LATEST CASE from THIS WEEK is at:
 
_http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=26128_ 
(http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=26128) 
 
In brief, the ACLU of Hawaii got a county government building to  include a 
Christmas tree with an extant Menorah display so as to avoid the  appearance of 
endorsement.
 
I even created a 2 minute 31 second YOUTUBE VIDEO on the subject at:
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n7dAUnSBFg_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n7dAUnSBFg) 
 
I hope you find this submission informative.
 
And, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a  relaxing 
time off, or whatever the case may be.
 
Sincerely,
 
Allen Asch
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