In an interesting, and unexpected move, the city council of Raleigh has refused to bow to bullying by the ACLU (American Crap-Lovers Union) and instead has decided to allow freedom of religion in the state capital.

The ACLU demanded that the city remove all references to any religion during opening prayers, despite the U.S. Constitution's protections of freedom of religion. The city, unimpressed by the threats of the Communist Lawyer's Association, told them to take a long walk off a short pier.

And yes, you can certainly expect the ACLU, with the help of exploited taxpayer money, will file suit. They might even win, because they have found a number of judges who don't like freedom of religion, either. However, the city can completely ignore the ACLU and any rulings from judges -- you see, the Constitution is the highest law of the land, and judge's rulings are called "opinions" for a reason.

You see, judges were designed to be the least powerful branch of government. If a judge tells the city to stop praying, what happens if they don't? The executive branch has to enforce that ruling. If the executive branch disagrees with the judge, they are completely free, and indeed SHOULD defer to the Constitution. I'm not holding my breath -- but nice job, Raleigh, standing up to these bastards whose primary goal is remove all signs of religion in this country.