Tag Archives: ACLU

The ACLU has filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of disgraced Republican Sen. Larry Craig, urging that the toe-tapping legislator withdraw his guilty plea because the restroom sting that resulted in his arrest was unconstitutional. “The real motive behind secret sting operations like the one that resulted in Senator Craig’s arrest is not to stop people from …

The ACLU has sent a letter of complaint to a North Carolina high school after it refused to allow a student to wear an American flag t-shirt yesterday in commemoration of 9/11. Jennifer Rudinger, Executive Director of the ACLU-NCLF: “The school has no right to prevent this student – or any other student – from wearing a flag on her …

The ACLU is suing JetBlue and the Transportation Safety Administration on behalf of a man who attempted to board a flight at JFK last year while wearing a t-shirt that read, “We Will Not Be Silent” in both English and Arabic script. Raed Jarrar was told by a TSA official that his shirt “made fellow passengers uncomfortable.” Jarrar say he …

The ACLU is battling an Alabama RV park for banning a 2-year old boy with HIV from using their swimming pool, a violation of the Americans with Disablities Act. The child’s foster mother had mentioned at the park’s office that the boy had HIV and management told the family that the child could not use the pool, shower, or common …

With the help of Aaron, I’m still trying to figure out how to use the BlogAds site, but as you may have noticed, JMG now features an ad from the ACLU which asks you to submit your personal LGBT-related job discrimination stories for use in their vital work on behalf of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Please visit the ACLU …

Today the ACLU launches a new website, 10Couples.org, to support the campaign for same-sex marriage. In order to put a human face on the issue of marriage for same-sex couples, and to reach a wider audience using new media tools, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has teamed up with Emmy-award winning production company Public Interest to launch a video …