ACLU Urges House Panel To Reject "Public Expression of Religion Act"

We need to stop this bill before it ruins what the First Amendment has protected for the past 217 years... Screw the religious right!!!

ACLU:

WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the House
Judiciary Committee to reject H.R. 2679, the "Public Expression of Religion Act
of 2005" (PERA). The panel is expected to vote on the legislation today. The
bill would bar the recovery of attorneys’ fees to citizens who win lawsuits
asserting their fundamental constitutional and civil rights in cases brought
under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
"If this bill were to
become law, Congress would, for the first time, single out one area protected by
the Bill of Rights and prevent its full enforcement," said Caroline Fredrickson,
Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "Proponents of the measure
claim that the bill is needed to protect religious freedom, when in fact, the
bill would undermine it. We hope that the committee will stand for the
Constitution and reject this unwise proposal."