ACLJ Lies by Omission re. the "God Hates Fags" Group

The ACLJ sent out an email (9/6/06), bragging about how they recently put the smackdown on some "antiwar" protestors who had plans to disrupt the funeral of a Navy SEAL in Oregon.

The ACLJ provided many details in their missive about this incident... except the actual identity of the "antiwar group" they were opposing. Well, that group turned out to be the notorious Christian Fundamentalist Fred Phelps group, the "God Hates Fags" folks from Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas.

Here's a brief article that identifies Fred Phelps' people as being the ones who planned to disrupt the funeral of Navy SEAL Marc Lee.

(One of my cousins is a Navy SEAL, btw. We joke within the family that he became a SEAL because he "likes to blow things up.")

I find it very strange that the ACLJ would not identify the group actually protesting the funerals.

My take: I believe the ACLJ's operatives assumed their readers would believe the protesters were of the liberal persuasion, and that the ACLJ is also aware that there might be some mixed emotions in the conservative community about directing criticism toward the Westboro Baptist group.

Sekulow's ACLJ appears to have "lied by omission," hoping to foment anger toward liberals, when liberals have nothing to do with this at all--indeed, I don't know of even one liberal who doesn't *despise* the Westboro Baptist group. Let's just make that clear for anyone who's been living under a rock these past 5-6 years.

"Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand."--Matthew 12:25

Clearly, intellectually dishonesty is what passes for "truth" these days on the Right.

The ACLJ organization seems to harbor a special hatred toward the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). But I also feel fairly confident that Sekulow and his conservative gang-bangers had no problem whatsoever with the ACLU when it went to bat for obnoxious conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh.

Sekulow's ACLJ has got Christian fundamentalists and conservatives all over America getting their panties in a wad about "antiwar protesters," when the protesters referenced by the ACLJ are actually conservatives themselves!! How long will it take these folks (at least a few of whom, I think, must surely be committed to the actual principles taught by Jesus Christ) to realize they are just being used, as a group, for the most craven and worldly political gain.

ACTION:
I called the ACLJ's petition line to ask why the email request to sign the petition calling for action against "antiwar protesters" failed to specifically identify the "God Hates Fags" group as the target of their ire. A very nice lady answered, and said she had no idea why the group wasn't identified. She gave me a phone number to call about it, which I will do next week.