Well, it is clear that the ACLU (“woefully misnamed American Civil Liberties Union“) doesn’t like the Catholic hospital that wants to practice its religion with respect to its not wishing to participate in sterilization procedures. That’s on one hand. Yet, on the other (emphasis mine, reformatted):
ACLU, CAIR SUE FLORIDA FOR DENYING ISLAMIC MEALS TO MUSLIM PRISONERS
The American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Florida Chapter and the Council Of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Florida are suing the state of Florida for purportedly denying Halal meals to Muslim convicts locked up in the Miami-Dade Country prison system. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Local 10 News, a Miami-based ABC affiliate, reported.
Other inmates have been provided with meals that cooperate with their faith, and Muslims should be afforded the same opportunity, the lawsuit claims. “Just because individuals are being detained in jail doesn’t mean that the county can unilaterally strip them of their First Amendment right to practice their faith,” commented Shalini Goel Agarwal, an ACLU attorney for their Florida chapter.
Hmm, isn’t that EXACTLY what the ACLU is trying to do in this story – strip a Catholic hospital and its personnel of theirs…Catholics no, Muslims yes. Here, it is going after government. There, it is using government to go after others.
I guess some believers are more special and equal than others in the eyes of CAIR – no surprises there. ACLU, too, I guess.
