The ACLU wants to bury us!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel
to bury us in depositions and an array of legal
processes to force a shutdown or delay of our
lawsuit to protect Christian expression in
Santa Rosa County, Florida. We are now just
a few weeks away from a pivotal two-week
trial - and we WILL NOT back down now! Our
legal team needs your prayers and support.
See my urgent message below - Mat.
We are locked in a marathon battle with the ACLU to stop their radical agenda to criminalize Christianity!
As I have been sharing for several months, Liberty
Counsel has gone on the offense against the ACLU
and their outrageous attempts to CRIMINALIZE
common expressions of the Christian faith on
the part of employees of the Santa Rosa County,
Florida, school system.
And although this case most directly affects
a small school district in Northwest Florida,
its impact will be felt across the nation, even
in your community!
After getting the initial charges against three
school system employees dismissed, we filed a
separate lawsuit against the school district
and the ACLU on behalf of 24 people whose
freedom of religious expression was threatened.
Now the ACLU and their collaborators working
for the school system are desperately fighting
to preserve their precious Consent Decree.
++Every American's liberty will be affected by the outcome!
The ACLU and their colleagues representing the Santa Rosa County School System know they can't win this case on its merits, so their strategy appears to be to bury us in paperwork, extensive depositions, and the enormous number of hours required to answer this barrage of legal documents!
Between the ACLU and lawyers representing the County School System, there are eight or nine attorneys working to enforce the oppressive Consent Decree the ACLU is fighting to preserve! Between now and early July, when the trial begins, we will have participated in as many as fifty intense depositions!
In fact, last week two of Liberty Counsel's
senior litigators spent as many as 15 hours
a day in Northwest Florida, mostly working on
depositions. And we were given notice that
next week, they have scheduled 20 more!
++The ACLU's negative influence is insidious and powerful.
The ACLU's nearly unlimited resources and fearsome reputation among small communities and jurisdictions changes everythingabout a case like this. For instance, it seems amazing how easily the Santa Rosa County School Board caved in to ACLU demands that they sign a Consent Order that sacrificed the constitutional rights of everyone involved with their school system!
As our on-scene team has observed, if they
had committed even half of the effort they
are making to enforce the ACLU's Consent
Order against their own employees...to resisting
the ACLU's bullying in the first place...there
never would have been any complaints from
employees!
But now, this case has become extremely dangerous both to the people of Northwest Florida and to the nation as a whole.
++ Why is this case so important?
The ACLU represents a "clear and present danger"
to the religious liberties of the people of Santa
Rosa County - and to every American's liberties!
Unchecked, they fully intend for their oppression
to impact YOUR community like it has the
Panhandle region of Florida.
This case has reached a crucial phase. It
represents one of the ACLU's fondest hopes for
their nationwide strategy to rid America of
public religious expression. Santa Rosa County,
Florida, is truly "ground zero" for America's
religious liberty!
Now more than ever, I need your help to counter the huge war chest of the ACLU and to counter their "overwhelm your opponent" strategy in Florida!
Will you prayerfully consider making a tax-deductible gift right now so our team can continue to fight against the attacks of the ACLU and the activities of other radical legal groups, many of which are affiliated or highly cooperative with the ACLU?
Click below to support Liberty Counsel's mission. Any gift of $25 or more will entitle you to a free copy of the newly revised edition my powerful book, "Take Back America." Click here to learn more about your free gift:
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++ACLU bullying must be stopped!
Last year, Liberty Counsel won cases on behalf of three school employees in Santa Rosa County, but afterward the students and staff in the school district remained unable to exercise their rights because no one wanted to be dragged into court.
Some testified under oath that they literally
had to hide in closets and closed rooms to
pray for fear that they, too, would become
TARGETS OF THE ACLU.
In my opinion, the ACLU is the most hostile organization toward liberty and the freedom of religious expression in the history of our nation. Their organizational goals are statist, left-wing, anti-Christian, anti-free-speech, and the exact opposite of their misleading name - all of which makes the ACLU the enemy of true freedom, not its so-called "watchdog."
Yet, I am pleased to inform friends like you that Liberty Counsel has a 92 percent winning record against the deep- pocketed ACLU. And the ACLU knows it, thanks be to God!
Year-in and year-out, we achieve a great deal of impact in proportion to the amount of donations we receive. Most of the gifts we receive are dedicated directly to providing legal services and information. That's because a large portion of our operating budget comes from attorney's fees when the government or groups like the ACLU are found liable for civil rights violations.
The bottom line is that your gifts can be immediately put to work winning the battle for our culture in courtrooms across the nation -- and right now, that means standing up to the ACLU bullies (and their misguided confederates) in Santa Rosa County, Florida!
I need your help in two ways:
FIRST, our legal team needs prayer for strength to continue this arduous battle. The ACLU has several attorneys on location and they are very closely working with lawyers hired by the School District - a total of at least eight or nine! Of course, these attorneys have access to the resources of the national organization, as well.
SECOND, your financial support will keep our legal team engaged in stopping the ACLU from criminalizing Christianity and in good shape to advance other key legal cases and public policy initiatives in which we are engaged. Of course, our lawsuit against ObamaCare is never far from the front burner!
PLEASE consider a special gift to Liberty Counsel to meet this critical need. For any gift of $25 or more, I will send you a free copy of my recently updated book, "Take Back America."
The new, revised edition includes updated
information on Liberty Counsel's battle
against ObamaCare, our confrontation with
the ACLU in Northwest Florida, and many
other recent battles.
Please go here to help and to learn more about your free gift:
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The countdown to the Santa Rosa County trial has begun. With the workload we are processing each day, the remaining time before we once again enter the Federal District Court in Pensacola will fly by. Our heritage of liberty in America is literally at stake and the battle is greatly intensifying!
Please consider a financial gift today as the Lord leads you to give.
THANK YOU in advance and may God abundantly bless you!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel
P.S. The ACLU wants to bury us - but I have resolved more than ever to defend our beleaguered religious liberties and rebuild the foundations upon which America was established. Our caseload is growing and our resources are understandably stretched.
If you can financially help Liberty Counsel right now, I would be deeply grateful! Once again, go here to donate, and if your gift is for $25 or more, you may receive a copy of my newly revised and updated book, "Take Back America":
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June 6, 2011