The "A.C.L.Not_a_Clue" has done plenty to piss off everybody, just ask Wiki:

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Controversial stances

The ACLU is no stranger to taking controversial stances. It has defended organizations as diverse as the Ku Klux Klan and the pro-gun ownership group Second Amendment Foundation. Often, its clients are notoriously unpopular such as neo-Nazi organizations and the North American Man/Boy Love Association, (NAMBLA), a group which supports lifting all age restrictions on pederasty. In the case of NAMBLA, the ACLU's Massachusetts affiliate defended the organization, on first amendment grounds, against murder charges that were based solely on the fact that a man who raped and murdered a child had visited the NAMBLA website.[42] Although the ACLU has clarified that it does not endorse NAMBLA's message, its defense of the group has been widely criticized. In particular, the ACLU's defense of NAMBLA came under intense criticism when the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU was arrested on pedophilia charges.[43][44]
Among the more notable controversial cases which involved the American Civil Liberties Union are the following:

• The ACLU currently opposes, under the ex post facto clause of the Constitution, the retroactive application of Megan’s Law (which requires law enforcement authorities to identify convicted sex offenders to the public at large through various media outlets) to persons convicted before the law was passed.[45][46] The ACLU initially opposed the bill in its entirety, considering it "misguided political posturing that [would] do nothing to reduce sex crimes,"[47] but has not advocated that position recently.
• The ACLU also defended Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North,[48] whose conviction was tainted by coerced testimony—a violation of his fifth amendment rights.[49]
• The ACLU fought for the Westboro Baptist Church and Shirley Phelps-Roper after legislation prevented the group from picketing outside of veteran's funerals.[50] The Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for their picket signs that contain messages such as, "God Hates Fags", "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Thank God for 9/11". The ACLU issued a statement calling the legislation a "law that infringes on Shirley Phelps-Roper's rights to religious liberty and free speech".[51]
• The ACLU has filed 6 lawsuits against the Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana school board over what the group sees as teacher-led prayer in school activities.[52]
• The ACLU defended Frank Snepp, formerly of the Central Intelligence Agency, from an attempt by the government agency to enforce a gag order against him.[53]
• The ACLU has aided the Florida Justice Institute and Writeaprisoner.com in supporting prisoner's rights, especially what the ACLU sees as the First Amendment right to post online profiles seeking pen pals during their incarceration and jobs upon their release.
• In 2006, the ACLU of Washington State and the Second Amendment Foundation jointly filed a lawsuit[54] against the North Central Regional Library District (NCRL) in Washington State for its policy of refusing to disable restrictions upon an adult patron's request. Library patrons attempting to access pro-gun web sites were blocked, and the library refused to remove the blocks. Officially, the ACLU declares itself "neutral" on the subject of gun control legislation although it holds that the second amendment applies only to state militias and not individuals.[37]

Much ACLU work is done in the political arena where it faces frequent controversy as well.

• The ACLU has been a vocal opponent of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the PATRIOT 2 Act of 2003, and associated legislation made in response to the threat of domestic terrorism. The ACLU believes such legislation violates either the letter or the spirit of the U.S. Bill of Rights. In response to a requirement of the USA PATRIOT Act, the ACLU withdrew from the Combined Federal Campaign.[55] The requirement was that ACLU employees must be checked against a federal anti-terrorism watch list. The ACLU has stated that it would rather "reject $500,000 in contributions from private individuals rather than submit to a government 'blacklist' policy."[55]

See also: American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft (2004)

• The ACLU opposes the use of capital punishment, calling it "the ultimate denial of civil liberties."[56] The ACLU claims that the death penalty is unfairly applied to racial minorities and the poor, and considers it "cruel and unusual" punishment.[57] The organization often opposes executions on the grounds that the present method of lethal injection sometimes goes awry.[58]

• The ACLU's position on spam is considered controversial by a broad cross-section of political points of view. In 2000, Marvin Johnson, a legislative counsel for the ACLU, stated that proposed anti-spam legislation infringed on free speech by denying anonymity and by forcing spam to be labeled as such: "Standardized labeling is compelled speech." He also stated, "It's relatively simple to click and delete."[59] The debate found the ACLU joining with the Direct Marketing Association and the Center for Democracy and Technology in criticizing a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives in 2000. As early as 1997 the ACLU had taken a strong position that nearly all spam legislation was improper,[60] although it has supported "opt-out" requirements in some cases. The ACLU opposed the 2003 CAN-SPAM act[61] suggesting that it could have a chilling effect on speech in cyberspace.
• Civil libertarian and former ACLU member Nat Hentoff has criticized the ACLU for promoting affirmative action and for supporting speech codes on college campuses and in the workplace.[62]

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