ACLU caught red-handed in cover-up!
Bill Haymin
April 11, 2010
By Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel
www.libertyaction.org
Liberty Counsel's team of attorneys has exposed the ACLU's illegal cover-up of critical information as they tried to CRIMINALIZE prayer in the public schools of Santa Rosa County, Florida. These revelations will now have a huge impact on the ACLU's nationwide efforts to silence Christians and ban public prayer. Please see my important message below - Mat
This morning, I was on the Fox and Friends television show to discuss the implications of our exposure of a startling cover-up by the ACLU - and what that finding means in our on-going efforts to confront and defeat that group's ultraliberal, anti-faith agenda.
Appearing with me was Chaz Riley, student body President of Milton High School, who was censored from even saying "God bless you" in an address! The ACLU's chilling impact in this school district has been so severe that Christian teachers are literally forced to hide in closets if they want to share a word of prayer or have a conversation with religious content.
But, thank God, here is what we were able to bring to light about the ACLU's bullying...
The ACLU intentionally HID the fact that their anonymous clients graduated from Santa Rosa School District less than four weeks after their infamous "Consent Decree" was issued! Further, their clients no longer had any interaction with the school system after they graduated, so there were literally NO PLAINTIFFS from that point forward – for nearly a full year now!
Without clients that have a legal interest in the litigation, the ACLU was barred from continuing to litigate against the people of Santa Rosa County. The ACLU knew that. Any first year law student would know that!
Yet, the ACLU CONTINUED to torment well-respected, upstanding educators and administrators, charging three of them with CRIMINAL CONTEMPT that could have led to prison time, huge fines, and loss of their state retirement benefits - all the while stonewalling the fact that that their plaintiffs were long gone.
Three highly-principled public servants went through a hellish torment while the ACLU knowingly broke they law by failing to disclose they had no further case.
This is a truly egregious offense! The cover-up was exposed while my team performed detailed exploratory work in our efforts to get the ACLU's unconstitutional Consent Decree thrown out of federal court.
It appears that we will soon be able to deal the ACLU a SEVERE BLOW in this case. In fact, we intend to so thoroughly expose their blatant disregard of the law that they will be sent packing - beaten and humiliated!
Then, we intend to petition the court to SEVERELY SANCTION the ACLU for their shameful deception.
We expect that will put an end to the deceit employed by the ACLU in Santa Rosa County. But our nationwide fight against this well-funded, anti-faith organization of legal bullies will continue until they stop their outrageous, agenda-driven attacks on our religious liberties!
To help us conclusively end the ACLU's abuse in Santa Rosa County, Florida, and derail their next attempted shake-down of a small public administration or school system, please go here: http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26895&CID=310&RID=23388742
How it all started in Northwest Florida.
Please allow me to give you a quick refresher on what has become a highly significant battle for religious freedom. We have been deeply involved in defending teachers, administrators and students in Santa Rosa County, Florida, for many months now.
First, the ACLU dispatched a small army of attorneys in a highly orchestrated attempt to CRIMINALIZE virtually any expression of Christianity - even praying before a meal.
In truth, this was a test of a new strategy hatched in some agenda-driven meeting of the ACLU's national leadership. The hapless school system in Santa Rosa County was chosen for a "test drive" of their latest plot - a strategy that was intended to lead to a nationwide reign of oppression.
In August and September of 2009, we beat back the ACLU's legal attack against three Santa Rosa County school employees over alleged violations of the Consent Order involving simple mealtime prayers.
With a lot of prayer support and intense legal work, we got all charges against our clients dropped! After this humiliating defeat, the ACLU tried to save face by increasing the pressure on the school district and encouraging more "informants" to play ball.
Since our most recent courtroom victory in December 2009 until their cover-up began to unravel, the ACLU has been able to continue terrorizing godly men and women in Santa Rosa County because of the outrageous, anti-Christian Consent Order they wrote (and a federal judge signed), which is still hanging over the school system and its
employees.
The ACLU has filed a similar case in a Tennessee school district, in which the public officials have chosen to submit to ACLU demands rather than fight back. That was the original fact pattern in Santa Rosa County, as well, before our three courageous clients asked for Liberty Counsel's help.
We now have a stellar opportunity to teach the ACLU bullies a painful lesson.
We've been fighting the ACLU's Consent Order so that school officials in Santa Rosa County and school districts across the country won't have the ACLU's threat of CRIMINAL charges hanging over them for such common expressions of Christianity as praying over a meal or saying "God bless you"!
Liberty Counsel has asked the Federal District Court to vacate the Consent Order and every other decision it has rendered since the graduation of the original two plaintiffs. In addition to asking that the court severely sanction the ACLU for its deception, we will bring attention to the School District's misguided decision to cave in and pay the ACLU $200,000 in attorney's fees.
We've likely won this battle, but the war continues.
This is a long-term war we refuse to lose. But as you know, the ACLU has virtually unlimited resources and a "war chest" of hundreds of millions of dollars. That is how they were able to assign 6 (six!) of their senior attorneys to bludgeon one small school district in Florida's panhandle region.
The fact is, we need your financial help to continue our nationwide fight against the ACLU's band of bullies.
Would you prayerfully consider making a special gift to Liberty Counsel right now so we can finish off the Santa Rosa County battle and drop-kick the ACLU out of the region? We also need help fighting their oppressive anti-faith strategy across the nation while continuing other vital efforts. Please go here:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26896&CID=310&RID=23388742
Liberty Counsel needs your prayers as never before.
Just as importantly, please be in prayer for our litigation team. Prayer is a vital component of everything we do at Liberty Counsel, especially when we are battling a twisted adversary in a case as pivotal as this one has become.
Of course, I also pray you will consider investing in our efforts to rip the hideous "bully club" out of the ACLU's hands once and for all. Please go here:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26897&CID=310&RID=23388742
With the help of thousands of friends like you, we can derail the ACLU's manipulation of our judicial system and prevent them from bringing CRIMINAL CHARGES against public school employees for demonstrating the simplest expressions of their Christian faith.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. Our case in Santa Rosa County has significant implications for every community in America. The ACLU's aim is to repeat this strategy throughout the nation - even in communities like yours. This time, in Santa Rosa County, we were able to catch them blatantly cheating to get their desired end. But they recently began this process in a small Tennessee school system and we expect it to erupt in more cities and towns, especially if they gain momentum in their early targeted locations.
Please don't let the ACLU succeed in turning our public institutions into prayerless wastelands! We've proven that with the help of friends like you we can stop them, as we have in Northwest Florida. Please go here to help right now:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26898&CID=310&RID=23388742
Comments? Questions?
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26899&CID=310&RID=23388742
Liberty Counsel, with offices in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family.
Liberty Counsel. PO Box 540774 . Orlando, FL 32854 .800-671-1776
Reprinted by permission
Presented by Bill Haymin, 2010
www.libertyaction.org
Liberty Counsel's team of attorneys has exposed the ACLU's illegal cover-up of critical information as they tried to CRIMINALIZE prayer in the public schools of Santa Rosa County, Florida. These revelations will now have a huge impact on the ACLU's nationwide efforts to silence Christians and ban public prayer. Please see my important message below - Mat
This morning, I was on the Fox and Friends television show to discuss the implications of our exposure of a startling cover-up by the ACLU - and what that finding means in our on-going efforts to confront and defeat that group's ultraliberal, anti-faith agenda.
Appearing with me was Chaz Riley, student body President of Milton High School, who was censored from even saying "God bless you" in an address! The ACLU's chilling impact in this school district has been so severe that Christian teachers are literally forced to hide in closets if they want to share a word of prayer or have a conversation with religious content.
But, thank God, here is what we were able to bring to light about the ACLU's bullying...
The ACLU intentionally HID the fact that their anonymous clients graduated from Santa Rosa School District less than four weeks after their infamous "Consent Decree" was issued! Further, their clients no longer had any interaction with the school system after they graduated, so there were literally NO PLAINTIFFS from that point forward – for nearly a full year now!
Without clients that have a legal interest in the litigation, the ACLU was barred from continuing to litigate against the people of Santa Rosa County. The ACLU knew that. Any first year law student would know that!
Yet, the ACLU CONTINUED to torment well-respected, upstanding educators and administrators, charging three of them with CRIMINAL CONTEMPT that could have led to prison time, huge fines, and loss of their state retirement benefits - all the while stonewalling the fact that that their plaintiffs were long gone.
Three highly-principled public servants went through a hellish torment while the ACLU knowingly broke they law by failing to disclose they had no further case.
This is a truly egregious offense! The cover-up was exposed while my team performed detailed exploratory work in our efforts to get the ACLU's unconstitutional Consent Decree thrown out of federal court.
It appears that we will soon be able to deal the ACLU a SEVERE BLOW in this case. In fact, we intend to so thoroughly expose their blatant disregard of the law that they will be sent packing - beaten and humiliated!
Then, we intend to petition the court to SEVERELY SANCTION the ACLU for their shameful deception.
We expect that will put an end to the deceit employed by the ACLU in Santa Rosa County. But our nationwide fight against this well-funded, anti-faith organization of legal bullies will continue until they stop their outrageous, agenda-driven attacks on our religious liberties!
To help us conclusively end the ACLU's abuse in Santa Rosa County, Florida, and derail their next attempted shake-down of a small public administration or school system, please go here: http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26895&CID=310&RID=23388742
How it all started in Northwest Florida.
Please allow me to give you a quick refresher on what has become a highly significant battle for religious freedom. We have been deeply involved in defending teachers, administrators and students in Santa Rosa County, Florida, for many months now.
First, the ACLU dispatched a small army of attorneys in a highly orchestrated attempt to CRIMINALIZE virtually any expression of Christianity - even praying before a meal.
In truth, this was a test of a new strategy hatched in some agenda-driven meeting of the ACLU's national leadership. The hapless school system in Santa Rosa County was chosen for a "test drive" of their latest plot - a strategy that was intended to lead to a nationwide reign of oppression.
In August and September of 2009, we beat back the ACLU's legal attack against three Santa Rosa County school employees over alleged violations of the Consent Order involving simple mealtime prayers.
With a lot of prayer support and intense legal work, we got all charges against our clients dropped! After this humiliating defeat, the ACLU tried to save face by increasing the pressure on the school district and encouraging more "informants" to play ball.
Since our most recent courtroom victory in December 2009 until their cover-up began to unravel, the ACLU has been able to continue terrorizing godly men and women in Santa Rosa County because of the outrageous, anti-Christian Consent Order they wrote (and a federal judge signed), which is still hanging over the school system and its
employees.
The ACLU has filed a similar case in a Tennessee school district, in which the public officials have chosen to submit to ACLU demands rather than fight back. That was the original fact pattern in Santa Rosa County, as well, before our three courageous clients asked for Liberty Counsel's help.
We now have a stellar opportunity to teach the ACLU bullies a painful lesson.
We've been fighting the ACLU's Consent Order so that school officials in Santa Rosa County and school districts across the country won't have the ACLU's threat of CRIMINAL charges hanging over them for such common expressions of Christianity as praying over a meal or saying "God bless you"!
Liberty Counsel has asked the Federal District Court to vacate the Consent Order and every other decision it has rendered since the graduation of the original two plaintiffs. In addition to asking that the court severely sanction the ACLU for its deception, we will bring attention to the School District's misguided decision to cave in and pay the ACLU $200,000 in attorney's fees.
We've likely won this battle, but the war continues.
This is a long-term war we refuse to lose. But as you know, the ACLU has virtually unlimited resources and a "war chest" of hundreds of millions of dollars. That is how they were able to assign 6 (six!) of their senior attorneys to bludgeon one small school district in Florida's panhandle region.
The fact is, we need your financial help to continue our nationwide fight against the ACLU's band of bullies.
Would you prayerfully consider making a special gift to Liberty Counsel right now so we can finish off the Santa Rosa County battle and drop-kick the ACLU out of the region? We also need help fighting their oppressive anti-faith strategy across the nation while continuing other vital efforts. Please go here:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26896&CID=310&RID=23388742
Liberty Counsel needs your prayers as never before.
Just as importantly, please be in prayer for our litigation team. Prayer is a vital component of everything we do at Liberty Counsel, especially when we are battling a twisted adversary in a case as pivotal as this one has become.
Of course, I also pray you will consider investing in our efforts to rip the hideous "bully club" out of the ACLU's hands once and for all. Please go here:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26897&CID=310&RID=23388742
With the help of thousands of friends like you, we can derail the ACLU's manipulation of our judicial system and prevent them from bringing CRIMINAL CHARGES against public school employees for demonstrating the simplest expressions of their Christian faith.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. Our case in Santa Rosa County has significant implications for every community in America. The ACLU's aim is to repeat this strategy throughout the nation - even in communities like yours. This time, in Santa Rosa County, we were able to catch them blatantly cheating to get their desired end. But they recently began this process in a small Tennessee school system and we expect it to erupt in more cities and towns, especially if they gain momentum in their early targeted locations.
Please don't let the ACLU succeed in turning our public institutions into prayerless wastelands! We've proven that with the help of friends like you we can stop them, as we have in Northwest Florida. Please go here to help right now:
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26898&CID=310&RID=23388742
Comments? Questions?
http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=26899&CID=310&RID=23388742
Liberty Counsel, with offices in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family.
Liberty Counsel. PO Box 540774 . Orlando, FL 32854 .800-671-1776
Reprinted by permission
Presented by Bill Haymin, 2010
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