{"id":325,"date":"2006-06-19T19:44:30","date_gmt":"2006-06-19T18:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=325"},"modified":"2006-06-19T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2006-06-19T22:46:50","slug":"demonization-of-the-aclu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"Demonization of the ACLU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been reading the blogs of the religiously self-righteous defenders of the U.S constitution. Or, in other words attempting to distorting the definitions of the constitution into religious mumbo-Jumbo. To quote;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/about\/index.html\"><br \/>\nThe mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your First Amendment rights-freedom of speech, association and assembly. Freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.<\/li>\n<li>Your right to equal protection under the law &#8211; equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.<\/li>\n<li>Your right to due process &#8211; fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.<\/li>\n<li>Your right to privacy &#8211; freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But they seem to be under attack because they are managing to get that job done, but are being attacked by the christian wing-nut far right because they<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8230;work also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words everything the fundamentalist are against. and who believe that <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nif the rights of society&#8217;s most vulnerable members are denied\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Christianity as <strike>NOT<\/strike> embodied in the constitution can be preserved for all Americans.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been reading the blogs of the religiously self-righteous defenders of the U.S constitution. Or, in other words attempting to distorting the definitions of the constitution into religious mumbo-Jumbo. To quote; The mission of the ACLU is to preserve<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=325\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Demonization of the ACLU<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,24,11,8,15,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conspiracies","category-freedom","category-patriot-act","category-politics","category-religion","category-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}