The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is well known as an advocate for protecting American’s rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Many people have the opinion that the organization is anti-religion, because of many well-publicized cases where they have taken the side of people objecting to public prayer or other religious observances.<\/p>\n
But did you know that there are many cases where the ACLU has advocated for peoples rights to practice their religion? For example:<\/p>\n
— The ACLU supported a Christian minister <\/a>who wanted to preach to the public and distribute leaflets on the sidewalks around a downtown bus station in Spokane, WA.
\n–The ACLU threatened to file suit<\/a> against a policy prohibiting baptisms in the park, forcing a change in the policy.
\n–The ACLU represented a high school student whom school authorities suspended and then attempted to expel for wearing T-shirts with religious messages.
\n–The ACLU represented a student <\/a>whose yearbook entry, a Bible verse, was deleted because of its religious content. The school agreed not to censor students’ yearbook entries based on their religious or political viewpoints in the future.
\n–The Iowa Civil Liberties Union filed a brief<\/a> supporting a group of Christian students asserting their right to distribute religious literature during non-instructional time.<\/p>\n