Stop the ACLU--a shot across the ACLU's bow...

From John Stephenson, this: It is happening all across the nation. The ACLU sue city counsel after city counsel over praying in Jesus name. They don't sue to stop all prayer, but in every case the target has been Christian prayer. They even fought for the right of a Wiccan to pray at a counsel meeting. Many times it doesn't even take a lawsuit. They just type up a threatening letter and that does the trick. This was the case in Fredericksburg. But one man isn't taking things lying down. Fredericksburg City Councilman Hashmel Turner has filed suit against his fellow council members, saying the council’s newly adopted prayer policy violates his constitutional rights. Turner is being represented by the Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit group that advocates for free expression issues. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Richmond, asks the court to rule that the city’s prayer policy is unconstitutional, and to order that Turner be allowed back into the council’s prayer rotation. The council voted 5-1 in November to adopt a policy of offering non-denominational prayers devoid of any Christian or other specific religious references. Turner abstained from that vote, and Councilman Matt Kelly voted against the policy. The vote came after Turner had been excluded from the council prayer rotation for more than a year. The council got a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union in July 2004 saying that the civil liberties group would file suit if Turner continued to invoke the name of Jesus Christ in his prayers... Read the rest at Fredericksburg City Councilman Fights for Right to Pray in Jesus' Name And see more information about what the ACLU is really about at Stop the ACLU SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP TAXPAYER FUNDING OF THE ACLU This was a production of Stop The ACLU Blogburst. If you would like to join us, please email Jay at Jay@stoptheaclu.com or Gribbit at GribbitR@gmail.com. You will be added to our mailing list and blogroll. Over 115 blogs already on-board.