Conservatives love to hate the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its meddling in things like public expression of religion. So now we have this instance at Gate City High School:
The ACLU asked Gate City High to stop broadcasting prayers in Jesus' name before its home football games on Friday nights. Those prayers--wrong as they are, since it constitutes a state (the school) endorsement of a religion, which is strictly prohibited by the constitution--are as much a part of that culture as cornbread and beans and my guess is that a bazooka wouldn't change that. But the ACLU is trying.
Students at the high school were apparently so stirred up by the ACLU demand that they determined they'd wear protest T-shirts saying, in essence, that they'd pray wherever they want to pray (and if they do it silently, I don't have a problem with it either; do it myself, in fact). School officials directed the kids not to do that. The ACLU jumped right on top of that one, telling school officials to mind their own dang business; students have a right--guaranteed by the Constitution--to protest whatever they choose, including the ACLU.
I just love these guys.
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