The ACLU makes it’s money through extortion of the taxpayers at all levels of government. A law from 1976 which was meant to help those who couldn’t afford to defend themselves in civil liberty cases is now used as a means of extorting taxpayer dollars to fund their perverted view of civil liberties. What they really like to do is twist and distort the First Amendment so Americans believe there can be no religion in the public venue.

Now Congress is trying to do something about this.

A plan that would cut off the pipeline of taxpayer money that now flows into American Civil Liberties Union coffers has been advanced by the House Judiciary Committee.

The Public Expression of Religion Act, introduced by Indiana Congressman John Hostettler, now will move to the full House for a vote, he said in his announcement this week.

?This is a big victory for Americans who care about our rich religious heritage in this country,? he said. ?There is a lot of excitement about this bill.?

It has been vigorously supported by the American Legion, where Commander Rees Lloyd described it as ?a long overdue victory for justice, freedom, democracy, and the First Amendment.?

?The American Legion has fought for reform of the attorney fee provisions of federal law which the ACLU has exploited to reap millions of dollars in taxpayer-paid attorney fees in Establishment Clause cases,? Lloyd?s statement said.

He said the ACLU has used the threat of the fees as ?a club? to bludgeon local elected bodies into surrendering to the ACLU?s ?secular cleansing demands.?

In this election season be sure to call your Representatives to support PERA. There is a similar bill in the Senate sponsored by Senator Brownback.

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