Saturday, February 24, 2007

Child porn and the ACLU

Yesterday, ABC News reported that
"Federal agents arrested Charles Rust-Tierney, the former president of the
Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Friday in Arlington for allegedly possessing child
pornography. According to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News,
Rust-Tierney allegedly used his e-mail address and credit card to subscribe to
and access a child pornography website.
The videos apparently included the violent rape of little girls. The fact that this one former ACLU chapter president is a very sick pervert does not necessarily reflect on the rest of the ACLU any more than the hypocrisy of Ted Haggard reflects on the National Association of Evangelicals. But on the other hand, the NEA has never supported Haggard’s lifestyle while the ACLU actively supports the sale and distribution of child pornography. Perhaps the investigation of Charles Rust-Tierney should be widened to include other ACLU leaders as well.

2 comments:

Kevin said...

It will be interesting to see if the media and those who were quick to attack Christians because of Ted Haggard's behavior will also attack the ACLU for Rust-Tierney. I will not hold my breath.

Robert said...

I'm not certain that the ACLU has ever supported the propagation of child pornography other than to support the right to produce writings and drawings. While I agree it's still sick, that's far different from supporting actual exploitation of real children in pictures and video.

If you’re talking about something else they’ve been supporting, I’d be eager to know. Otherwise, I don’t think it’s helpful to make such generalities without helping out your audience to your sources. ;)