ACLU: God Bless America Sign 'Hurtful ... Divisive'
In a protest that has many wondering if the American Civil Liberties Union OCLU) has finally become mentally unhinged the ultra-liberal group has attacked a sign reading "God Bless America". They ask that it be removed saying it is not only unconstitutional, but is "a hurtful divisive message" and "bound to do grievous harm to poor defenseless school children" The sign the ACLU finds so offensive is hanging from a marquee in front of the Breen Elementary School in Rocklin, California (near Sacramento), and to the shock and dismay of the ACLU school officials, swear it is going to remain in place -- and most local residents agree.
According to the Sacramento Bee, some 250 people "many clad in red white and blue, gathered to support the message," which was placed on the marquee after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States.
Incredibly, according to the ACLU, the words made famous by the late Kate Smith in the song of the same name, and chorused all across America in the wake of the September 11th outrage, somehow broadcast "a hurtful divisive message."
In a letter to the school, the ACLU says the message is a "clear violation of the California and United States constitutions, as well as the California Education Code." "We are planning on keeping up our message," Thornton said.
To that we at the Baptist Bible Trumpet would add, God Bless America, and the folks at Breen Elementary School.