Christian Free Speech, Supported by the ACLU

It should be recognized that the ACLU does sometimes support the right of individuals to speak and act religiously in public settings.  As an example, the NJ chapter is filing a friend-of-the-court brief supporting an elementary student's free speech/free exercise rights in this case (noted in The Christian Century):

A year ago a school superintendent in New Jersey barred a second-grade girl from singing the song "Awesome God" in an after-school talent show. The superintendent said that the song was a problem not because it was religious but because it moved into proselytizing. (One lines says, "His return is very close / And so you better be believing that / Our God is an awesome God.")

Tom