When Liberals Attack: The "J" Word

War rages around the world, the economy is in the tank, people are struggling to make ends meet, but that doesn't stop the ACLU and the Americans United for Separation of Church and State from fighting America's biggest threat: the word "Jesus!"

In a summer 2009 letter to the San Marcos city council, the ACLU and AU warned that they have been videotaping their meetings for nine months, recording their every sneaky move, and caught them, more often than not, invoking the offensive "J" word more than once during the invocation to open the proceedings.

George Carlin once made headlines by using the "seven dirty words" you can't say on TV in his stand-up routine. Citing the freedom of speech clause, the ACLU has protected our right to drop an F-bomb here and there in public and even on live TV (as long as it is spontaneous). However, there is one new dirty word that even the ACLU doesn't want to hear: JESUS!

The San Marcos city council met July 8 to discuss the issue, and kindly sent the ACLU an "F.U." They not only voted to continue sectarian prayers, they instructed the city attorney to draft policy protecting that right. The policy will include that any San Marcos resident can ask to pray to open the city council meeting, citing their own religion in the process. They cannot, however, state their religion as superior to other religions. Anyone who wants to lead a prayer only need to be assigned a date on the council meeting schedule.

By exercising the "equal access" clause, the city council is on pretty firm legal footing. Courts rarely vote to restrict such prayers, so long as they are open to people of all faiths and they represent the community's will.

The ACLU, as well as the AU, have tried to restrict the invocation itself in the past, only to see the right to pray affirmed by the Supreme Court. They have since changed tactics, trying to end the practice of "sectarian" prayers. Of course, once prayers and invocations have been fully neutered, it will be much easier for the ACLU to have those removed down the line.

Attorney Mat Staver says the tactic of the ACLU and AU is simple. "Both of these groups now are combining together to try to intimidate the San Marcos city council, saying that generic prayers are okay, possibly -- but don't dare mention Jesus Christ," he says.

Actually, sectarian prayers have been affirmed by the Supreme Court in Marsh v. Chambers. The Court, which voted 6 to 3, rejected a claim that the Nebraska legislature's chaplain violated the establishment clause with his sectarian prayers. That didn't stop the ACLU and AU to state in their letter: "Sectarian prayers at city council meetings are unconstitutional." They then hinted at a lawsuit against the city, stating they should "consider ceasing the prayers altogether" or "take steps to ensure that the prayers are nonsectarian."

It's good to know the ACLU and AU would rather rely on strong-arm tactics, intimidation, and outright deception to get what they want. Perhaps we should all say a prayer that they see the light of freedom...a non-sectarian prayer, of course.

Source: One News Now