I Still Hate The ACLU

6 Apr 2000 - I Still Hate the ACLU!
I sparked a little debate with my entry “I Hate the ACLU” yesterday. Debate doesn’t bother me. Actually I enjoy debate.
Now I will have to admit I don’t know a lot about the ACLU. I imagine that in the beginning their motives were pure. What little I do know of their history, they were established to fight for legitimate civil right offenses. And that I applaud. No one should be treated badly because of their race or gender. As Americans we all have the same rights. And I know that in some instances those rights have to be fought for.
But having rights does not mean that everyone is treated equally. I can relate it to a family. I am sure we would all like for our country to act and feel like a warm loving family. And in a family people aren’t treated equally. I think the term unequal brings to mind mistreatment. But that isn’t what it means. Unequal means different. Different can be bad or can be good. I have 3 children and I love them all differently, unequally. But that inequality/difference isn’t to their detriment. It is very much for their good. Children are different, as are all people. Another way to look at it is “apples and oranges”. If I had an apple tree and an orange tree, I would “love” both. But would I treat them equally. NO! What would make the apple tree flourish could kill the orange tree.
Our society wants to be so fair and treat everyone equally and it could “kill” us. Boys and girls are different. Men and women are different. To act otherwise and try and force the behavior or thoughts and feelings of one or the other could kill that unique essence that God gave us. And it could very well kill us. I don’t think our society will spontaneously combust from this situation. It is more insidious and dangerous than that. It is like cancer eating away at the fiber of our country.
And if the ACLU is so all fire worked up about protecting rights, then what about the rights of my community. The people of this county wanted this. What right did the ACLU have to take away that right? The Supreme Court has, 6 times in the past 100 years, upheld the constitutional right of all citizens to educate their children in any manner they parent sees fit. If the parents of my county see fit to have all boy/all girl classes aren’t our civil rights being violated?