I’ve avoided getting excited about this, until now. It appears too good to be true.

As usual, World Net Daily has the best summary of the PERA. Stop the ACLU is also very excited.

The ACLU rakes in millions everytime they win a case attacking the public expression of religion. Every time they go after a cross, a ten commandments display, or a nativity scene and win they can have their attorney’s fees paid for. A provision in a 1976 law that had the good intentions of helping individuals that could not afford to defend themselves in civil liberty issues has been turned on its head by groups like the ACLU. Now the ACLU uses this provision to threaten small schools and local governments into bowing to their demands.

But now …

A plan that would cut off the pipeline of taxpayer money that now flows into American Civil Liberties Union coffers has been advanced by the House Judiciary Committee. The Public Expression of Religion Act, introduced by Indiana Congressman John Hostettler, now will move to the full House for a vote, he said in his announcement this week.

Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback has similar legislation pending in the Senate.

And yes, they are nervous over at the Anti-Christian Lawyer’s Union. This won’t stop them, but it will slow them down.