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(Post Letterhead)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (DATE)

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Legionnaires Launch Area Campaign to Combat ACLU Attacks on Religious Symbols, Scouts

|Who: |(FULL NAME), American Legion Post Commander |

| |(FULL NAME), American Legion Auxiliary President |

| |(FULL NAME), Sons of The American Legion Squadron Commander |

| |(FULL NAME), Mayor of (CITY) |

|What: |A press conference to unveil public campaign to educate and activate citizens to take action to stop |

| |ACLU attacks against American values and heritage. |

|When: |Tomorrow, (DAY, DATE, TIME) |

|Where: |LOCATION (Post, City Hall, Address) |

|Background: |Our Flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Boy Scouts, our veteran’s memorials, our religious history and |

| |heritage, our American values--- all are under attack. The courts are awarding the ACLU millions of |

| |dollars in taxpayer-paid “attorney fee awards” authorized under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S. Code |

| |Section 1988. |

| |  |

| |Most Americans don’t know the ACLU is profiting every time they challenge our values and heritage. |

| |Examples include: |

| |  |

| |A Federal Court in Riverside, CA allowed the ACLU to pursue a precedent-setting lawsuit to remove a |

| |solitary cross from the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial. ACLU attorneys were awarded $63,000 for this |

| |case. |

| |  |

| |The ACLU reaped some $940,000 in settlement from the City of San Diego when it surrendered in ACLU’s |

| |litigation to kick the Boy Scouts out of Balboa Park. The Boy Scouts are appealing. The American Legion|

| |has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Scouts. The list goes on. |

| |  |

| |The American Legion adopted Resolution 326 at National Convention calling for Congress to amend the law|

| |and end judges’ authority to award attorney fees in cases brought “to remove or destroy religious |

| |symbols." The bottom line: Stopping the funding will remove or seriously decrease the incentive of the |

| |ACLU to pursue frivolous suits against American values. A BILL IS NOW PENDING IN THE 109TH CONGRESS. |

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Contact: (FULL NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER)

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