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To: paret who wrote (65813)	8/25/2005 3:07:04 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

ACLU director apologizes for remarks comparing school prayer supporters beliefs to 9-11 bombers wwltv.com ^ \| 08/25/05 wwltv.com The director of the Louisiana ACLU issued an apology Thursday for comments made in an Eyewitness News interview last week during which he compared the mindset of school prayer supporters in Tangipahoa Parish to that of the 9-11 terrorists. “I want to express my sincere regrets for my use of hyperbole and the analogy that I made regarding Tangipahoa Parish public school officials,” said ACLU Director Joe Cook. “I see how my unfortunate choice of rhetoric could be interpreted as disdain for religious beliefs, but that is absolutely not my position, nor the position of the national ACLU or any of its affiliates.” Cook made his comments on August 15 when asked about classes being held for teachers in Tangipahoa Parish as school system officials tried to explain what can and can’t be done as far as prayers in the school room. In his comments, Cook, who has made legal moves against the Tangipahoa Parish school board following some incidents of prayers being said over loudspeakers and in classrooms, said the system has done little to enforce a judge’s rulings. “They don’t want to abide by the agreement,” said Cook in the August 15 interview. “They have always crossed the line of separation of church and government… They believe they answer to a higher power, in my opinion… which is the kind of thinking you had with the people who flew airplanes in the buildings in this country and people who did that kind of thing in London.” In Thursday’s press release, Cook emphasized that his organization supports religious liberty and has handled many cases to protect the rights of Christians. “Our message in the Tangipahoa schools case and elsewhere is simple: religious freedom thrives best when government stays out of religion,” he said. “We stand on dangerous ground when the government decides to favor one religious belief over others, even if that belief is the majority faith.” Cook’s statement in the original August 15 interview was quickly denounced by members of the Tangipahoa system. “I feel sorry for Mr. Cook and I hate that he would make a statement like that,” said Superintendent Louis Joseph of the Tangipahoa Public School system, following the original comments. “We have a lot of sincere, well-trained and educated people in this school system and to try to indict some of them with a statement like that is totally false.”

To: paret who wrote (65813)	8/25/2005 8:07:49 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

The Palestinian money comes largely from Saudi Arabia, Bush-Cheney's best pals whom they've been coddling and protecting since day one, and who, with Exxon and Chevron and the rest are getting stinking rich gouging us at the pump, all with Bush-Cheney's approval. Did you know that at the same time Bush was kissing the Arab Prince in Crawford, the top cleric in Saudi Arabia was calling fro Jihad against our troops in Iraq? What does this tell you. The Saudis are not our friends. And neither are Halliburton and Exxon. If Bush were serious about terrorism, he'd challenge two of his closest allies, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Those two countries foster most of the world's Arab terrorism. Also, if we want terrorism to stop, we must do two things. Transfer from oil to cleaner fuels we can make at home, and get our troops off Saudi and Iraqi soil (which Arabs consider their holy land). Then it would all stop.