ACLU fishing for plaintiffs in suit against school
This is very telling:
ACLU Looking to File Suit Over JHS Graduation "Altar Call"
In May of this year, a Jonesboro student gave a prayer during a high school graduation ceremony at the Arkansas State University Convocation Center. During the prayer, which lasted four minutes, she gave an “altar call” to the community, asking those in the audience to come forward to accept Jesus Christ.
“In the closing moments of this service, if you would like to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, here's your chance,” said senior Jessica Reed in a May 20, 2005 taped video of JHS graduation ceremonies.
“We were contacted sometime after that by the American Civil Liberties Union that they felt like there had been a violation of the First Amendment, separation of church and state with regard to a prayer,” said Jonesboro Public Schools Attorney Donn Mixon.
And now the ACLU is looking for a plaintiff in a case against Jonesboro High School. In a letter written by the Arkansas ACLU executive director Rita Sklar, the event is described as a “blatant display of contempt for the First Amendment.”
Jonesboro school district faces school-prayer dilemma
Two Christian prayers were offered at the May ceremony, including one that asked the audience to "accept Jesus Christ." The following month, the Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sent a complaint letter to the district. Since then, school officials have reviewed their policies, but the A.C.L.U. sent letters this month to parents of students at the school, asking them to sue the Jonesboro School District.
So the ACLU is out trolling the waters to find someone - anyone - to play the offended plaintiff in their case. How asinine and laughable is that? So what will the ACLU do if no one comes forward because no one was offended?
[Via Stop the ACLU.]






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