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In Memorial of 47
That is the core of what they stand for but the ALCU has, on many occasions, gone off the reservation. There are many examples of the ACLU doing the exact opposite of what they stand for. Unfortunately, when the ALCU represents someone that is making an unreasonable demand on others or takes a position that can be seen as against your rights it is widely reported and remembered for a long time. In the majority of the cases where they hold true to their core values the news is not really interested (as stories about things happening as they should are not very good for ratings) and the ones that are the public has the unfortunate habit of forgetting rather quickly.
Meh, take it for what it’s worth. Some people are not going to like the ALCU for those widely known cases, not for the successes that they should have and did make.
Some would like to impose their religion on the general populace others would prefer to disarm the populace. Both sides hate the ACLU when it suits them.
Some would like to express the freedom of religion that the 1st Amendment used to guarantee. How does a moment of prayer in schools rise to the danger level of "civil liberties"? You can count on the ACLU's incredible budget to bankrupt any town or village that dares challenge the modern version of separation/church/state that the ACLU has so vigilantly defended for several decades. Where was the ACLU when the Clinton administration incinerated 80 men, women and children in a botched raid in Waco Texas? Where was the ACLU when a deputy attorney general drafted a freaking law that prevented the FBI and the CIA from sharing information under threat of arrest? They were probably busy pressuring some poor volunteer Fire Company that wanted to place a Manger scene on public property.
From their own website:
With more than 500,000 members, nearly 200 staff attorneys, thousands of volunteer attorneys and offices throughout the nation
How can anyone fight something that big?