The ACLU gets most of it's operating funds from suing government -- claiming punitive damages. Punitive damages should be illegal when suing government -- school boards and other boards DO NOT CARE. It's not their money, so you are NOT punishing them. On to this week's Stop the ACLU blogburst:

April 11, 2007 10:08 PM
NewsChannel5.com

A federal judge has granted permission to a group of parents to try to stop a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.

The suit claims Wilson County schools violated constitutional separation of church and state.
It alleges Lakeview Elementary school in Mt. Juliet and the Wilson County school board endorsed and promoted religious activities on campus that led to constitutional violations.

Very short article, lacking much information, but here is an Oct.2006 piece from Alain's Newsletter that gives a bit more detail.

Old Hickory, TN –

U.S. Senate candidate Bob Corker today said the Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is woefully wrong to have filed what he called a "frivolous liberal lawsuit" against the Wilson County School District alleging a morning prayer endorsed by Lakeview Elementary School officials is a constitutional violation of church-state separation.

"When the President declared September 14, 2001 — just two days after the attacks of 9-11 — a National Day of Prayer, no one sued him for crossing some arbitrary line between church and state," said Corker. "We just bowed our heads and prayed. When a school in Wilson County or anywhere in our country allows children to do the same on the National Day of Prayer, or at a gathering at the flagpole, the courts ought to stay out of the way."

Corker said he supports the efforts of Mt. Juliet Commissioner Glen Linthicum, who said it was time for the community to take a stand against the ACLU lawsuit recently filed against the Wilson County School District. Linthicum co-sponsored a resolution unanimously approved last Monday night by the Mt. Juliet City Commission that encourages the elementary school and the Wilson School District to fight for their rights to religious expression.

"Like many parents across our state, I pray for my family everyday," Corker stated. "We should never force anyone to believe a certain faith or pray a certain way," Corker continued, "but if a school decides to set aside some time to allow children who wish to pray to do so, we ought to support that school and community. That is precisely what it means to protect our freedom of religious expression — and I will fight to do just that in the U.S. Senate if elected."

It appears that the ACLU has set it's sights on this school district...The ACLU Targets Christians

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Let's face it -- you cannot be everywhere. You can't watch all the news and keep track of terrorists everywhere. So how about someone that will do this for you:

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(H/T to GM Roper).

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So, do you think that an annual salary of over $70,000 qualifies someone as in the "rich" category? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the US average salary as just $36,000. And Democrats continue to claim, over and over again, that they're for the "working man" and for "the poor." Well, the NC House (majority Democrats) just voted to give a 12% raise to certain state employees earning over $70,000.

House Bill 1299 just passed the House and it gives that raise. Oh, but it's okay because it's "for the children." This 12% raise is for teachers who make over $70,000. What? You didn' t know there were such things? You thought that all teachers made $12,000 a year, didn't you?

And if you read the formerly mainstream media, I'm sure you will have trouble understanding that on average North Carolina teachers make $2,700 more each year than their peers across the country. You might also not know that teacher pay in North Carolina has increased almost TWENTY percent in the past five years. So, have you gotten a 20% raise in the past five years -- for doing NO additional work? I know I haven't.

Once again -- that's North Carolina Democrats giving a massive 12% raise to state employees who already make in excess of $70,000. That's how they "help the poor."

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