what is your point exactly? NAMBLA are bad people? Maybe... doesn't change a thing though. Freedom of speech *has* to apply to even unpopular speech. Ward Churchill, for example. Now if the book you cite is as reported then this may be deemed by the courts to be the equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded theater. Which woud be fine with me. The point is though that this will have been done after due process, and, it looks like, in a civil proceeding.
And none of this changes the fact that the ACLU is not spending tax dollars. Even your own rabidly-anti-ACLU souce calls that award court costs and attorney fees, which can hardly deepen its pockets, since they are already spent. Dana On 5/9/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/9/05, Dana wrote: > > the ACLU is not a public organization! They may receive money from > > members of the public, but these are voluntary donations, not tax > > receipts. > > http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200402270920.asp > > U.S. District Judge Napoleon Jones deemed the Boy Scouts a religious > organization last July and declared that their involvement with Balboa > Park violated the separation of church and state. The ACLU used this > ruling to secure a settlement wherein the City of San Diego cancelled > the Scouts' lease on the park, even though it did not expire until > 2007 and, in fact, was extended in 2001 for 25 years. The ACLU also > scored $950,000 in attorneys fees and court costs, thus fleecing > taxpayers and deepening its pockets > > > There's the difference. As for the KKK -- and sorry, I am not sure > > what NAMBLA is -- the thing is, if freedom of speech does not apply to > > them then it may at some point not apply to me... > > NAMBLA is "not just publishing material that says it's OK to have sex > with children and advocating changing the law," says Larry Frisoli, a > Cambridge attorney who is arguing the Curleys case in federal court. > NAMBLA, he says, "is actively training their members how to rape > children and get away with it. They distribute child pornography and > trade live children among NAMBLA members with the purpose of having > sex with them." > > Frisoli cites a NAMBLA publication he calls "The Rape and Escape > Manual." Its actual title is "The Survival Manual: The Man's Guide to > Staying Alive in Man-Boy Sexual Relationships." > > "Its chapters explain how to build relationships with children," > Frisoli tells me. "How to gain the confidence of children's parents. > Where to go to have sex with children so as not to get caught...There > is advice, if one gets caught, on when to leave America and how to rip > off credit card companies to get cash to finance your flight. It's > pretty detailed." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156844 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
