tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089410985521614177.post2517859949367242354..comments2010-03-22T11:53:19.445+00:00Comments on SIS II Politics: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01316669197770350726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089410985521614177.post-57620202487979616032010-03-21T15:38:50.509+00:002010-03-21T15:38:50.509+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346115699053033563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089410985521614177.post-11379344773717994922010-03-15T12:18:25.013+00:002010-03-15T12:18:25.013+00:00Reading that the ACLU is pro individual/anti gover...Reading that the ACLU is pro individual/anti government may cause someone who knows little about their stance to presume that the organisation is based in far right principles and upholds typical Republican sentiments.<br /> <br />As they make clear though, their key issues are centred around social and moral hot topics such as their advocation of Pro Choice, LGBT Rights and ending Racism and Gender Discrimination. After searching in Google for more information on the ACLU I came across a current News piece on the ACLU's involvement in a LGBT case. Here is a video report from the Associated Press on YouTube that describes the case:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS4zwRxvzd4&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />The ACLU website's report of the story ( http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/aclu-sues-mississippi-school-canceled-prom-rather-let-lesbian-couple-attend ) says that the school's refusal to let Mcmillan attend her prom with a same sex partner violates her First Amendment Right to Freedom of Expression or Free Speech:<br /><br />'Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech'<br /><br />This accusation by the ACLU sheds light upon peoples interpretation of the Constitution and the meaning of Free Speech. <br /><br />The AP report mentions McMillan's efforts online and how Facebook has facilitated action and support for her to eventually be allowed to prom. The ACLU also uses a social networking website, Twitter ( http://twitter.com/aclu ) which enables it to branch out to its followers 24/7 and report on National cases that infringe upon idividual rights. <br /><br />The ACLU's aim to 'Protect the politically disenfranchised (e.g. non citizens, illegal immigrants)', can be related to my post on the Border Action Network. The ACLU is a considerably larger organistion that BAN yet supports a very similar Immigrant agenda. The great funding and backing of the ACLU could indeed prove to be helpful to BAN's initiatives and case studies. <br /><br />It is interesting that the ACLU is effected by the communist stigma attached to Workers Rights and therefore chooses not to employ them. Today, employment in America is becomely increasingly effected by the failure of companies in the recession and the frequency of citizens becoming jobless. Confidence must be restored within Americans for them to return back to work and sustain the national economy. In this respect it could be in the ACLU's best interest to develop workers rights of the twenty first century.Kateyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951171840932467178noreply@blogger.com