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The American Civil Liberties Union wants schools to deactivate filters on computers.

The ACLU complains that while the filters block student access to sexually explicit material, they also prevent them from accessing sites operated by homosexual activist groups. The Alliance Defense Fund has entered the fray, writing to seven school districts urging them to reject the ACLU's demand.

"School districts shouldn't be bullied into exposing students to sexually explicit materials," argues ADF attorney David Cortman, adding that the ACLU's "Don't Filter Me Initiative" would be better named the "Public School Porn Initiative."

"That's because the ACLU is pushing its radical sexual agenda for children by intimidating school districts with a long string of scare tactics," he continues. "These are just disguised as a concern over censorship, but in truth these school districts have no obligation to cave to the ACLU's unwarranted demands."

David Cortman (Alliance Defense Fund)Cortman adds that the welfare of children must be considered first and foremost.

The ACLU is threatening the seven school districts and has already sued one of them in Missouri. The organization claims that not allowing the children to access sites currently blocked by filters violates the students' constitutionally protected rights and the federal Equal Access Act.

ADF has assured the school districts that they are well within their legal rights to retain their filters, and in fact has provided those districts with a list of pornographic and pro-homosexual websites that students would have access to if the schools cave to the ACLU's demands.
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