Public Expression of Religion Act

Support American Legion Resolution 326

and the

PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF RELIGION ACT

OF 2005, H.R. 2679 (PERA)

American Legion Resolution 326 was adopted at the 2004 American Legion National Convention.

Resolution 326 calls on Congress to amend the Civil Rights Attorney Fees

Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1988, to end the authority of judges to award taxpayerpaid

attorney fees to the ACLU, or other litigants, in cases brought under the

Establishment Clause against the Boy Scouts, or the public display of the Ten

Commandments or other symbols of our American religious history, including

veterans memorials, as in the despicable Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial

Case.

The Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005, H.R. 2679 (PERA)

introduced by Rep. John Hostettler (R-lnd.), is pending before the Judiciary

Committee.

H.R. 2679 (PERA) when enacted into law, will do everything The American

Legion asks for in Resolution 326: It will stop the ACLU from receiving

literally millions of dollars in taxpayer-paid attorney fee awards ordered

by judges in "Establishment Clause'' cases. H.R. 2679 will not affect any

other kind of civil rights cases.

We Legionnaires can make this happen. Please call or write your

Congressional representative and Senators to voice your support for passage of

H.R. 2679. Once Americans know there is a solution to stopping frivolous legal

attacks on our values, religious icons, and veterans' memorials, they too will

flock to support this legislation.

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