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On September 15, 2005 Associated Press Legal Affairs writer David Kravets, reported U. S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton's ruling that it is unconstitutional to recite of the Pledge of Allegiance in public school classrooms.

His article reports "The Supreme Court dismissed the case last year" and that Michael Newdow, "an attorney and a medical doctor, filed an identical case on behalf of three unidentified parents and their children. Karlton said those families have the right to sue."

What the article does not reveal is Newdow's long story as an activist atheist who is in reality serving as point man in the ongoing American Civil Liberties Union war to drive Christianity and Judaism from all public arenas. This organization, professing to be dedicated to protecting the freedom of all Americans, is relentlessly on the attack against many of those things the majority of our population considers fundamental values.

Most Americans are not even aware of the ACLU's radical left birth and its dedication to following a communist-socialist agenda for the past 85 years. The ACLU was created at a unique gathering held in 1919 by an activist socialist named Roger Baldwin. Others of socialist-communist leaning assisted him with input at this assembly. Some participating were Elizabeth Gurley, later to become the head of the Communist Party, USA. Also at the event were the Soviet intelligence agent Agnes Smedley and Socialist Party leader Norman Thomas.

From the beginning, Roger Baldwin instructed those involved in the ACLU movement to make sure it always looked like a very patriotic organization. He instructed them to..."Steer away from making it look like a socialist enterprise. We want to look like patriots in every thing we do. We want to get a lot of flags, talk a good deal about the Constitution and what our forefathers wanted to make the country and show that we are really folks that stand by the spirit of our institutions."

The organization then went on the attack and started its legacy of defending abortionists, pornographers, child molesters and attempting to dismantle the nation's Judeo-Christian heritage.

By 1931 the Special House Committee to Investigate Communist Activities stated, "The American Civil Liberties Union is closely affiliated with the communist movement in the United States, and fully 90% of its efforts are on behalf of communists who have come into conflict with the law. It claims to stand for free speech, free press, and free assembly, but it is quite apparent that the main function of the ACLU is an attempt to protect the communists ..." The committee also reported ..."since its beginnings, the ACLU has waged war against Christianity..."

The greatest impact of this hate organization has been since the ill-fated court case of 1947 when the term "separation of church and state" emerged as a legal mantra of the left. Even today, countless Americans, including our elected officials, believe that statement is based upon the Constitution, when in fact; there is no such constitutional mandate.

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