Three Things to Know about the ACLU

• We're for traditional American values. In many ways, the ACLU is the nation's most conservative organization. Our job is to conserve America's original civic values -- the Constitution and the Bill of Rights -- and defend the rights of every man, woman and child in this country.
   
• We're not anti-anything. The only things we fight are attempts to take away or limit your civil liberties, like your right to practice any religion you want (or none at all); or to decide in private whether or not to have a child; or to speak out -- for or against -- anything at all; or to be treated with equality and fairness, no matter who you are.
   
• We're there for you. Rich or poor, straight or gay, black or white or brown, urban or rural, pious or atheist, American-born or foreign-born, able-bodied or living with a disability. Every person in this country should have the same basic rights. And since our founding in 1920, we've been working hard to make sure no one takes them away.

--From the ACLU Position Paper "Freedom Is Why We're Here."