The comments come after controversy surrounding a gay pride flag that was flown at Girard Park in Lafayette shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
From February 2011 to October 2011, the city, through an executive order from Mayor Jennifer Vidrine, implemented a curfew that prevented residents from walking around on the streets after 10 p.m.
Single-sex classes at an Acadiana school will end soon. The Vermillion Parish School Board settled with the ACLU today to end the controversial classes at Rene A. Rost Middle School.
Anwar al-Awlaki, an Al Qaeda leader, and Samir Kahn who edited an internet magazine for Al Qaeda were killed early Friday by US forces. The ACLU and others including Ron Paul have raised "due process" concerns. Paul told Fox News " No one likes these kind of people, but I also like the rule of law and I like our Constitution, that you don't just target people, assassinate them
The ACLU of Louisiana has sent an open letter to Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mike Neustrom regarding a Muslim woman held at the parish's Correctional Center last year.