Does the ACLU speak for YOU??????
968402
as a member, yes. \n\nanytime they defend freedom, ANYBODY'S freedom, they speak for all of us, even the idiots who think they are a bad thing.
236334
Haven't heard of them.  Anyway, free speech is a two-way street - they are entitled to voice their opinion.  Just because they're calling for law, doesn't mean it will happen.  They very likely know such a law won't pass, and they're doing it for publicity, press, hype, airtime, and public discussion (just like this!) for their point of view.
932009
It depends where you're protesting. If it's in your town, go the the town or city hall. Some places require you go to the police. If it's a big rally, you may have to go to a "Free Speech Zone", where those in power can't hear or see you! This USED to be a free country.\n\nThe ACLU would be a good place to start. They're nationwide and could address many aspects of protest and what to expect.
29364
american civil liberties union\n\nThe American Civil Liberties Union has been defending liberty in Americafor more than 85 years. From the internment of some 110,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II to the abusive domestic spying, blackmail and harassment by the FBI during the McCarthy era, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, the ACLU has successfully defended the basic rights and freedoms of everyone across America when they were at their most vulnerable.\n\nBut we’ve never been needed more than today. For the past four years, some of the most powerful politicians in America have made it their mission to accumulate unchecked government power, relentlessly undermining civil liberties. In unprecedented ways, they are invading our privacy, undermining our Constitution and squelching dissent. All too frequently, they are shamelessly using the “war on terror” as cover for their assault.\n\nTime and again, the ACLU and its members have shown that we can be successful in defending freedom even in the current inhospitable climate. We have built bipartisan congressional support for eliminating certain unwarranted, dangerous provisions of the Patriot Act, and we have inspired a resounding chorus of diverse voices, individuals and community groups all across the country, calling for measures to reverse the government’s unjustified overreaching and to restore our precious freedoms.We have challenged the Patriot Act in court and won. We have squelched numerous government programs designed to spy on Americans. We have won legal victories curtailing executive power. We have defeated the first-ever federal abortion ban in court.
916203
The key word there is "legally".  No minor can give legal consent.  Period.\nI would love for you to post a link that proves your allegation that the ACLU supports the MBLA.\nThanks.  I'll be waiting.
1121449
Liberals and Democrats true colors are easily seen through  fascist like yourself...  You'll call anybody with an opinion different than yours a "Puke" and brag about how many times you've insulted people with Yellow Ribbons on their vehicles.  Yet, if somebody were to raise their voice while expressing 1st Amendment right you scream to the ACLU...  \n\nYour party will continue to lose with this platform...  Guess the crow has been eaten by the Dem's and Liberals like yourself in the last two elections....
646962
I'd contact the State Board of Education, the state Ombudsmen as well as Attorney General and the ACLU office in your state. Good luck to you....
155601
Wow, I didn't know stuff like that still happened. I've seen if for stadiums but not highways.  I have two answers, contact the ACLU, and start a petition with signatures of all others that are affected by this.  I'm sure they feel like you do, attract as much publicity as you can, public offices don't like to look bad.
272483
If it's a civil rights issue, seek a referral from your local ACLU chapter...other matters, I'd need at least a vague idea of the issue before I could point you in any useful direction.
766657
The ACLU will probably represent you, as long as you're not Christian.
1151024
Contact the ACLU!\nor Erin Brokavich\n\nThey love that kind of stuff!
1003446
Go research the ACLU and its founder Roger Baldwin. The organization was founded by communists with the stated goal of bringing the US to communisim.  The stratagy to do that was to destroy the culture through buggering the leagal system, marrage, the family unit, and the educational system. The theory is that once we are so messed up, dependent on government, riddled with crime, and no self reliance left in us, we will gladly accept a socialist/facist government to look after us.
819560
I asked a fellow attorney today if the ACLU would be defending that father of 5 out in CO who got ratted out on by the drug-dealing prostitute.  \n\nInterestingly, he dissed the ACLU (a first), so I think the DNC is distancing themselves...
1161838
I don't. Personally, I think that they outlived their usefulness about three decades ago. Now it seems that their sole purpose is to uphold the wants-needs of one person, while trampling on the rights of everyone else. And usually over absolutely ludicrous issues.\n\nEx.: In my area, a kid was waving around a piece of paper with the Confederate flag on it at the school lunch table. Principal came by, told him to put it away. He refused. He was suspended.\n\nWhat should have ended right there made the newspapers, because his mother raised hell and got the ACLU involved. That's just asinine, as far as I'm concerned.\n\n My mother would have raised hell, too- but with me or one of my brothers if we had pulled a stunt like that.
459015
you can be certain that if you do that and he has already complied with the mandates you are going to have attorneys from the ACLU, and multiple other organizations fighting for the right to dignity. do you know all of the facts? Or just what you have been told. Who the hell are you are you male or female? If you are male I would be careful you might be the next one getting out in 2 weeks 20 years down the road.
708451
Thats what happens when these "modern" jerk liberals reinvent - reinterpret the Bill of Rights and re-idealize Freedom of Speech and Separation of Church and State (they hide the fact that there is no topic of separation of church and state in the constitution and hope to keep it that way).\n\nThe way the ACLU views it - it is Americans right to freely give out information on building bombs, make home-made weapons and breaking and entering techniques  but you cant defend yourself by using a weapon.   At some point I fully expect the ACLU to start suing citizens for putting up alarms because it offends ex-criminals..... or stereo types against criminals. Sounds too stupid right?  Examples like you covered - proves my point. The ACLU would go to bat for these people posting video on how to break and enter.
773864
Yes, I am proud to say that I have donated to the ACLU.\n\nAnd no, I have not donated to NAMBLA, nor did the ACLU donate to NAMBLA. Read the actual case, not the canned headlines.\n\nThe law in question would have forced them to take down their website, which did not actually advocate any illegal activity. As sick as NAMBLA's goals might be, they -- like everyone else -- are entitled to the same legal protections for actions which are legal. Their website was not illegal, and did not actually advocate illegal activity (even if other parts of the group did). So the law in question was unconstitutional.\n\nIt's easy to claim that we have freedoms if nobody ever attempts to use them. It's when you see someone that you hate, saying something that makes you sick, that those freedoms are at risk. If the govt can silence someone, just because the majority doesn't like what they say, then we don't have freedom of speech.\n\nThe ACLU defends the rights of anyone to speak, no matter how unpleasant the message, as long as its legal. And while I may not like the message that's being protected, I cherish the rights of free speech that allow that message to be spoken.\n\nAnd I'm proud to support a group that fights for everyone's rights, even when some of the people exercising those rights are unpopular.