In an event that is likely to get the anti-capital punishment activists whining in a frenzy of sorts (no change, in other words,) Utah just took care of its 50th death penalty victim, Ronnie Lee Gardner. However, Ronnie’s case is different from most others. He chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection. [...]
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Capital Punishment, Crime, European Union, Guns, Law & Order, Ronnie Lee Gardner
According to Fieldstone Secondary School in Rockland County, New York, it is. Ninth-grader Jason Laguna, a former altar-boy, was suspended for daring to show the Rosary that he wears to school on a regular basis, generally under his clothes. He said that he received it as a gift and liked it so much that he [...]
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Catholicism, Christianity, Education, New York, Political Correctness
H/T to RightGirl for this one. There are a few adjectives I’m considering using for this post: clever, mean, petty, frigging hilarious? I give up, take your pick. I was trying to find an old post to link this to, but apparently I never actually wrote about it. So, here’s the jist: 17-year old lesbian [...]
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Education, Freedom of Speech, Homosexuality, Sexuality