The ACLU's anti-Christian actions, especially at Christmas time, are well documented, if only because of the many lawsuits the group has filed. Whether it is opposing a Nativity scene on public property, or barring schoolchildren from singing "Silent Night," the legal organization has consistently fought against any kind of reference to Christianity. And every time the liberal legal organization moves to suppress Christian's free expression or to discriminate against their faith, Storm says believers "need to respond in droves."
The Christian conservative leader wants to see the Church overcome its former inertia to get actively involved in resisting this liberal, atheist push to secularize American culture, from the public school classroom to City Hall, all across the nation. He urges, "We need to go to those government officials or school board members and say, 'No, we don't want you guys to bow down to the ACLU.' I think that has been the problem in the past -- the inactivity and indifference on the part of the Christian community."
Pushing Back: Resisting the ACLU and Anti-Christian Bias
Storm believes this is already beginning, to an extent. "I see an awakening happening in this nation, thank God," he observes. "Christians are starting to rise up and demand justice and equality. And I think they know as well that if we don't rise up, we are going to lose our nation and become a totally secular, humanistic nation."
The head of Christian Conservatives for Reform says he is thankful that this awakening is taking place, with more Christians fighting back. It is a critical time, Storm adds, "because if they're going to take out the Nativity scene today, and they're going to take out 'Silent Night' tomorrow, they're going to take 'In God We Trust' off our currency next week."
Catholic League president William Donohue is also urging resistance. "The only way the cultural fascists at the ACLU will be defeated is by defying them," he says. "What they seek is confrontation, so I say let's give it to them .... Let's confront them in the courts and in the court of public opinion."
Donohue points out that the Catholic League erects a Nativity scene in New York City's Central Park every December, with the permission of the City Parks Department. He says the fact that this religious display can be put up on public property without violating the constitution or triggering litigation "is a lesson that municipal officials all across the nation should study."
Still, however, the Catholic leader says many public officials "act cowardly" and, fearing ACLU legal action, choose to ban or pull down Christian holiday displays from schools and other public spaces, even while they allow Jewish menorahs and other non-Christian religious symbols to be displayed in the same venues. Catholic League is currently involved in such a court case in New York, where the group has been prohibited from placing a miniature version of its Central Park Nativity in the schools.
Donohue says the Catholic League does not want people of other faiths to lose their rights; it simply wants equal rights for Christians. Still, he notes, many public schools and other government entities continue to discriminate, fearing the ACLU and its ilk. These anti-Christian civil liberties activists are "the ultimate hypocrites," Donohue says, because they promote censorship in the name of tolerance.
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