Sunday, July 30, 2006
As usual, I'll stick with the ACLU
This may shock some of you, but I'm a card carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union.The ACLU was right with the Nazis in Skokie and they are right in defending Fred Phelps' right to protest too. (Any other stance would be counter to my family tradition. My mom's first cousin was married to the late Mario Savio, founder of the Free Speech Movement.)
During "Skokie" I attended Junior High School across the street from the synagogue my mother helped to found. Even then, as a teenager involved in the Jewish community, did it ever occur to me to limit the rights of Nazi, freaks like Phelps, or anyone else with a point of view I disagreed with.
Quite the contrary. These haters, be they Nazis, Fred Phelps, or closet cases who work against the community... MUST be exposed by the light of day. All pushing these people back into the ground does is created the condition for a geyser, which could blow at any time.
By: Michael Rogers
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