Trial and Error: The American Civil Liberties Union and Its Impact on Your Family

By George Grant

Book Overview

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is having a profound impact on America's legal system. And because of that, the influence of the ACLU is being felt in every corner of our culture. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0943497663
• ISBN13: 9780943497662
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Wolgemuth & Hyatt Pub
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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About the book

by the Author in the Introduction: Since its founding at the beginning of the 20th century, the American Civil Liberties Union -- best known by its popular acronym: the ACLU - has been the center of a storm of controversy. Through its policy pronouncements, legal initiatives, educational programs, and political lobbying, the organization has thrust itself onto our culture's enter stage through a dramatic transformation of our judicial and societal ecologies. This short study is a cursory exploration of that cultural dynamic. Thus, it contains an abbreviated analysis of all those policies, legal actions, educational efforts, and lobbying activities. The book's primary emphasis, however, is on the philosophical underpinnings and mainsprings of the organization. In other words, I have tried to discover - and then report - what the ACLU is and what it believes rather than simply what it says and does. I wanted to get to the root of the controversy over the ACLU not merely reiterate its salient points. I wanted to effectively and accurately portray the long-term impact of the organization on our society - on our individual families and on our nation - by uncovering its deepest and dearest intentions. But as important as these various tasks may be, I knew that I couldn't just stop there. And so, the book goes on to briefly propose solid Biblical solutions to the problems and dilemmas raised by the ACLU - as well as the American legal system that it has effectively recreated in its own image. I have outlined a possible agenda for positively reclaiming our schools, courts, and communities. Thus, I have attempted to shape the book so that it also can serve as a practical tool in the hands of faithful men and women - a tool to help them effect those solutions and that agenda. --------------- Trial and Error contains true stories which chronicle the way the ACLU has carried out its policies. True accounts that tell the real story. In his Familiar, thorough style, George Grant methodically uncovers the ACLU's founding, strategy, and undeniable track record. You may already think that you know something about this powerful organization. This book is guaranteed to reveal that you probably don't know enough.