NEW ORLEANS, Texas, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening a lawsuit unless Louisiana removes references to God from a Web site advocating sexual abstinence.
ACLU officials contend the site violates a 2002 court settlement and they will take action against the Governor's Program on Abstinence if the references are not removed within 30 days, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported Thursday.
The site, AbstinenceEdu.com, tells teens, among other things, that God is standing beside them as they choose abstinence. It offers personal testimonals that also invoke religious themes.
Joe Cook, Louisiana ACLU director, said the site has "gone out of its way to use taxpayer money to layer religious content upon religious content."
A spokesman for Gov. Kathleen Blanco said her office wasn't aware of the site's content or the 2002 agreement until Wednesday. He said the staff would review the site and the ACLU charges. Blanco has been governor since January.
