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Edited on Wed Mar-22-06 09:05 AM by ck4829
ACLU or RW'er
Who has said these things regarding religious freedom and religion in general?
1. "Schools must be careful not to suppress the private religious expression of students." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
2. "The wackos get their information from the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
3. "The Constitution protects a student's individual right to express herself, including the right to express herself religiously." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
4. "Students have a right to communicate ideas, religious or otherwise, to other students during their free time, before or after class, in the cafeteria, or elsewhere." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
5. "When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring (certain religious adherents) and (certain religious adherents) into the government, I hit a firestorm. `What do you mean?' the media challenged me. `You're not going to bring (certain religious adherents) into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in the (a particular ideology's) values are better qualified to govern America than (certain religios adherents) and (certain religious adherents)?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'" (What this person proposed is also unconstitutional, Article VI, Section III of the Constitution states that: "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.") A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
6. "After the Christian majority takes control, pluralism will be seen as immoral and evil and the state will not permit anybody the right to practice evil." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
7. "The school's policy against the distribution of religious literature outside of class is clearly wrong." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
8. "Minority churches and religions have historically suffered discrimination by local land-use boards." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
9. "We are talking about (certain ideology)-zing America. We are talking about the (certain doctrine) in a political context." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
10. "Most politically active Christians don't want equal time with homosexuals, abortion (providers), pagans, (Wiccans), feminists, and pornographers. (They) want them silenced and mercifully disciplined according to (what they think is) the word of God." A. Someone from the ACLU B. Someone from the Right Wing
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Answers 1. A - ACLU of Michigan Legal Director Michael J. Steinberg 2. B - Mike Scanlon, former DeLay aide and a partner in crime with Jack Abramoff 3. A - ACLU of New Jersey cooperating attorney Jennifer Klear 4. A - ACLU cooperating attorney Jeffrey Pyle 5. B - Pat Robertson, "The New World Order", Page 218 6. B - Gary Potter, President, Catholics for Christian Political Action 7. A - Ben Stone, Executive Director of the ICLU (ACLU of Iowa) 8. A - Witold Walczak, Executive Director of the ACLU's Pittsburgh chapter 9. B - Paul Weyrich 10. B - Jay Rogers
Notes 5. Actual quote by Pat Robertson: "When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. `What do you mean?' the media challenged me. `You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in the Judeo Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'"
9. Actual quote by Paul Weyrich: "We are talking about Christianizing America. We are talking about the Gospel in a political context."
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