] Someone who is very close to me (who will remain nameless
] for the moment) just presented the opinion to me that,
] for various reasons, she strongly suspects there are no
] lawyers who work for the ACLU who are also Christians,
] since she was also of the opinion that the ACLU isn't
] interested in the constitutional rights of Christians --
] a theory which I attempted to pop by bring up two
] examples in the last year of the ACLU being very much
] interested in their constitutional rights. Nevertheless,
] she continued to profess her opinion that there were no
] Christian lawyers at the ACLU.
]
]
] Naturally, I was appalled at this statement and told her
] that I would make it my mission to find her an ACLU
] lawyer who was also a Christian, and that upon finding
] such a specimen, that I would ask her to consider the
] possibility that one could be a Christian and a lawyer
] and consider as one's mission the constitutional rights
] of all Americans. I have a call in to my local ACLU
] branch, but I imagine they'll listen to the voice mail
] and suspect I'm insane, so:
]
]
] If you are a lawyer who loves Christ and are either on
] staff or has worked for the ACLU, would you please come
] forward to say hello? Also, if it's not too much trouble,
] if you could explain how being an ACLU lawyer is
] consistent with your faith, that would be greatly
] appreciated. Just go ahead and leave a message in the
] comment threads.

[ Mostly linking for myself. There's a comment about a third of the way down by a law student named Casey Holland who's got a handle on a lot of what i feel, but don't always articulate well. -k]

Whatever: Yes Virginia, There Are Christian ACLU Lawyers