Using familiar tactics of threatening small school districts with expensive litigation, the American Civil Liberties Union has launched a new campaign to force schools to\u00a0give students\u00a0access to\u00a0internet pornography.<\/p>\n
The ACLU has made its mark in American history campaigning to force Christianity out of the schools. Now, it is pressuring public schools to disable web filters that block student access to sexually explicit websites.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0ACLU “is pushing its radical sexual agenda for children by intimidating school districts with a long string of scare tactics disguised as a concern over censorship,\u201d says David Cortman, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. \u201cIn truth, these school districts have no obligation to cave to the ACLU\u2019s unwarranted demands. Our children come first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Such web filters stop children from accidentally or intentionally going to websites with sexually explicit material, notes Peter Baklinski for LifeSiteNews.<\/p>\n
“Last February, the ACLU, in partnership with Yale Law School, launched a nationwide campaign, ‘Don\u2019t Filter Me,’ to target schools that block lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) websites,” reports Baklinski. “The campaign asked students to see if their schools blocked web content geared toward LGBT communities. Students were encouraged to report their findings to the ACLU LGBT Project.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents may not realize that it actually is illegal for their schools to block educational and political content geared toward the LGBT community,\u201d argued Joshua Block, a staff attorney with the ACLU LGBT Project. \u201cPrograms that block LGBT content violate First Amendment rights to free speech, as well as the Equal Access Act.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe \u2018Don\u2019t Filter Me Initiative\u2019 would be better named the \u2018Public School Porn Initiative,\u2019\u201d\u00a0says Cortman.<\/p>\n
So far seven school districts have been legally threatened by ACLU with an ultimatum that they either disable their filters or face a federal civil rights lawsuit. One school district in Camdenton, Missouri has already been sued by ACLU.<\/p>\n