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Originally posted by joelcpa: Obviously the courts disagreed. |
The courts disagreed about the "inappropriate" part in one case. The other was not decided. (You read that far, right?)
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Originally posted by joelcpa: Re-read the constitution or if you're too lazy, zimphire's explanation above. Nevertheless, at least we can now see that your original point about the ACLU defending everyone's right to free speech was clearly wrong. |
No, it simply wasn't clearly understood.
I'll try to explain this carefully, so you understand: the ACLU's mission is to defend the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect individual liberty from incursion by the government. Hence, the ACLU does not defend government agencies that post the 10 Commandments because the Bill of Rights is not intended to protect the government, only the individual and private agencies.
I love how conservatives try to spin the ACLU as some kind of liberal/atheist/pervert advocacy group. Conservatives always claimed to be against an intrusive, authoritarian government. Maybe that's just when they're not in power.
As for Zimphire's opinion, he's entitled to it. I don't agree with it; maxelson's argument is much closer to my own thoughts on the matter.
A last bit of trivia: the US Constitution makes no reference to God or a creator. I tend to think they didn't simply forget.