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DrumNFeather · 08-29-2007, 05:09 PM

Another unworthy cause?

http://www.ldslivingonline.com/artic...rticleId=20266

il Padrino Ute · 08-29-2007, 05:24 PM

A broken clock is right twice a day.

JohnnyLingo · 08-29-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

A broken clock is right twice a day.

Exactly. The fact that this is news says a lot.

il Padrino Ute · 08-29-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

Exactly. The fact that this is news says a lot.

Hey, we can agree about something! How 'bout that?

BlueHair · 08-29-2007, 05:44 PM

I've never understood the hate for the ACLU. I remember my nutty seminary teacher ranting about the ACLU on a daily basis. He seemed to think the ACLU had a spy for every Mormon and was determined to bring down the church. There is no need to fear the ACLU unless you are trampling someone's rights.

All-American · 08-29-2007, 05:54 PM

I'll be darned. The ACLU is defending the rights of a minority. Who'd have thought?

I feel reasonably certain in asserting that, were we members of the church in a state with fewer than a 5% LDS population, we'd like the ACLU quite a bit.

JohnnyLingo · 08-29-2007, 06:32 PM

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I'll be darned. The ACLU is defending the rights of a minority. Who'd have thought?

I feel reasonably certain in asserting that, were we members of the church in a state with fewer than a 5% LDS population, we'd like the ACLU quite a bit.

So if Christians suddenly found themselves in the minority in the U.S., the ACLU would immediately take up their cause?

All-American · 08-29-2007, 07:05 PM

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So if Christians suddenly found themselves in the minority in the U.S., the ACLU would immediately take up their cause?

Or, say, a Mormon finds himself in the minority in West Virginia?

JohnnyLingo · 08-29-2007, 07:11 PM

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Or, say, a Mormon finds himself in the minority in West Virginia?

So your answer is yes. Okay.

All-American · 08-29-2007, 07:15 PM

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So your answer is yes. Okay.

My answer is I have no idea what the ACLU would do on behalf of Christianity were Christians to find themselves in the minority. I do know that when a Mormon found himself in the minority in West Virginia, the ACLU took up his cause.

08-29-2007, 05:09 PM	#1
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	ACLU Backs an LDS Student in W.VA Another unworthy cause? http://www.ldslivingonline.com/artic...rticleId=20266 __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

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All-American Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,420	I'll be darned. The ACLU is defending the rights of a minority. Who'd have thought? I feel reasonably certain in asserting that, were we members of the church in a state with fewer than a 5% LDS population, we'd like the ACLU quite a bit. __________________ εν αρχη ην ο λογος

08-29-2007, 05:44 PM	#5
BlueHair Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 1,148	I've never understood the hate for the ACLU. I remember my nutty seminary teacher ranting about the ACLU on a daily basis. He seemed to think the ACLU had a spy for every Mormon and was determined to bring down the church. There is no need to fear the ACLU unless you are trampling someone's rights.