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According to
both the American Family Association and Fox News
commentator Bill O'Reilly, there has been an $8.5
million dollar donation to the ACLU by Peter
Lewis, the chairman of Progressive Insurance.
TruthOrFiction.com has not been able to
independently verify the gift but Lewis is said to
be the single top donor to the ACLU. According
to the ACLU website, he gave $8 million in 2003
and $7 million in 2001.
The American
Family Association is a conservative watchdog
organization and the ACLU is opposed by many
conservatives.
Last updated
12/13/05
A real example
of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
Progressive
Insurance Chairman Gives $8.5 Million To ACLU
In one of his
recent columns, Chuck Colson relates the following
story.
In a
Texas classroom,
children were told to draw a tracing of their
foot, and then put a message on the drawing. One
little girl wrote "Jesus Loves Me" on hers. What
happened next shows the abysmal state of religious
tolerance in America.
As Fox news
anchor John Gibson relates in his new book, The
War on Christmas, the child's teacher ripped the
tracing off the board. "Don't you ever do this
again," she said. The little girl burst into
tears.
When her
outraged father called the school, nervous
officials told the child to make another tracing.
She did so-but this time, instead of scrawling
"Jesus Loves Me," she drew a tiny cross that was
so small it was almost invisible.
Behind nearly
every such incident you will find the ACLU.
According to the New York Times, Peter Lewis,
chairman of Progressive Insurance, believes in the
mission and work of the ACLU so much that he gave
them $8.5 million. (Do an Internet search on
"Peter B. Lewis" and "ACLU." You'll be shocked by
how extensive his support is!)
Chairman
Lewis' gift helps the ACLU promote their
anti-Christmas agenda such as:
Removing nativity scenes from public
property
Banning songs
such as Silent Night from
schools
Refusing to
allow students to write about the Christian aspect
of Christmas in school projects
Renaming Christmas break Winter
break
Refusing to
allow a city sponsored Christmas parade to be
called a Christmas parade
Not allowing a Christmas tree in a
public school
Renaming a
Christmas tree displayed on public property a
Holiday
tree
In addition to
their war on Christmas, the ACLU uses gifts like
that from Chairman Lewis to:
Sue states to force them to legalize
homosexual marriage
Force
libraries to remove porn filters from their
computers
Sue the Boy
Scouts to force them to accept homosexuals as
scout leaders
Help legalize child
pornography
Legalize live sex acts in bars in
Oregon
Protect the North American Man Boy
Love Association whose motto is "sex by eight or
it is too
late"
Censor student
led prayer at graduation
Remove "under God" from the Pledge of
Allegiance
Remove "In God We Trust" on our
currency
Recommended action: If you
have a Progressive Insurance policy, cancel it. If
you don't have a Progressive policy, let Chairman
Lewis know you will not be buying one. (We
recommend you do not purchase Allstate Insurance. We will
explain our recommendation in a future
letter.)
Click here if
you have a Progressive policy
Click here if
you do not have a Progressive
policy
Extremely
important! Please forward this to your family and
friends. The vast majority of them probably aren't
aware of Chairman Lewis' gift to the
ACLU.
Thanks for
caring enough to get involved.
Sincerely,
Don
Donald E.
Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American
Family Association
P.S. Please
forward this e-mail message to your family and
friends!
