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Re:Welcome, ACLU by tghw on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:45AM (#13532268)
That's hardly their main focus. Go to https://www.aclu.org/ and click Issues. LGBT Rights are just one of 18 top level issues (many broken down into many more related issues).

I love the EFF, but they don't cover voting rights, disability rights, immigration rights, racial justice, etc.

Re:Welcome, ACLU by cabalamat on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:59AM (#13532460)
> racial justice

According to https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-actio... they support discrimination against white people:

> Affirmative action is one of the most effective tools for redressing the injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women, and for leveling what has long been an uneven playing field.

This is bad for two reasons

1. is is immoral in principle

2. it is bad politics; attitudes like this make it more likely that Trump will win a 2nd term

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Re:Welcome, ACLU by lol214365 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:34PM (#13535983)
Preferring non-whites to whites is not discrimination?
Re:Welcome, ACLU by igor47 on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:19AM (#13539232)
Blacks make up almost 13% of the US population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_Unit...) but only about 3% of the population in top-tier schools in the US (http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2015/12/20/diversity-at...).

Now, to me, this doesn't really seem like preferring non-whites to whites. Why does it seem that way to you?

Re:Welcome, ACLU by matt_wulfeck on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:49AM (#13532329)
They have a lot of pokers in the civil liberty fire, and I really do wish them success in all of them. However as you (and probably many others here) are now supporters you'll start receiving the newsletter which outlines your local chapters focus, recent successes, and new battles. You can make a decision to continue supporting the organization or switch to something you believe personally is more important.