Unfortunately I had been away this weekend so I was unaware of this story from ABC News :

Federal agents arrested Charles Rust-Tierney, the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Friday in Arlington for allegedly possessing child pornography.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News, Rust-Tierney allegedly used his e-mail address and credit card to subscribe to and access a child pornography website.

The videos described in the complaint depict graphic forcible intercourse with prepubescent females. One if the girls is described in court documents as being “seen and heard crying”, another is described as being “bound by rope.”

In the past, Rust-Tierney had argued against restricting Internet access in public libraries in Virginia, writing, “Recognizing that individuals will continue to behave responsibly and appropriately while in the library, the default should be maximum, unrestricted access to the valuable resources of the Internet.

For those of you who familiar with the ACLU, and their distorted views of the First Amendment, this story should come as no shock to you. The ACLU’s position in regards to child pornography is very clear. The ACLU “continues to believe that there should also be no criminal or civil penalties for production or distribution of “obscene” or “indecent” material, including material distributed on electronic networks to either adults or minors. See national ACLU policy #4″ Source

In regards to child pornography:

As legislative counsel for the ACLU in 1985, Barry Lynn told the U.S. Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (of which Focus on the Family President Dr. James C. Dobson was a member) that child pornography was protected by the First Amendment. While production of child porn could be prevented by law, he argued, its distribution could not be. A few years later (1988), Lynn told the Senate Judiciary Committee that even requiring porn producers to maintain records of their performers’ ages was impermissible.
“If there is no federal record-keeping requirement for the people portrayed in Road and Track or Star Wars,” he said, “there can be no such requirement for Hustler or Debbie Does Dallas.” Source

So it has been the ACLU’s position for at least the last 2 decades that although child pornography is illegal to produce, it is unconstitutional to prevent it distribution. The ACLU apparently has no regards for the children depicted in these films with policies such as this. Legalized distribution of child pornography would only encourage more individuals to sexually molest children on film.

With regards to the Charles Rust-Tierney arrest, I think it bares repeating “The videos described in the complaint depict graphic forcible intercourse with prepubescent females. One if the girls is described in court documents as being “seen and heard crying”, another is described as being “bound by rope.”

Now I do realize this is just the actions of one man, and one man’s actions do not in and of itself represent an entire organization. I do feel however, that Mr. Rust-Tierney’s actions do represent the ideals of the ACLU and many of its members.

It is truly a shame however that many Americans are unaware of the ACLU’s agenda because in many ways, their agenda coincides with that of the liberal media; therefore media outlets have nothing to gain by exposing them. Case in point, ABC News published this story on Friday February 23, as of 9:30 AM on Monday February 26, the NY Times has yet to report this story.

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