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	<div class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><a href="https://hawkinsbay.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/aclu-slams-houston-suburb-for-withholding-hurricane-relief-to-anyone-boycotting-israel/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-10-20T18:43:45+00:00">20 October 2017</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hawkinsbay.wordpress.com/author/clippermedia/">James Porteous</a></span></span></div>
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		ACLU Slams Houston Suburb for Withholding Hurricane Relief to Anyone Boycotting Israel	</h1>

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<p><em>The city of Dickinson requires applicants for grants to repair homes or businesses damaged by Hurricane Harvey to refrain from boycotting Israel: &#8216;An egregious violation of the First Amendment, reminiscent of McCarthy-era loyalty oaths&#8217;</em></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;">20 October 2017 | Haaretz and The Forward</span></p>
<p>The American Civil Liberties Union slammed a Houston suburb&#8217;s decision to  block grants to repair homes or businesses damaged in Hurricane Harvey if the applicant supports boycotting Israel as a violation of free speech rights.</p>
<p>“The First Amendment protects Americans’ right to boycott, and the government cannot condition hurricane relief or any other public benefit on a commitment to refrain from protected political expression,” said ACLU of Texas Legal Director Andre Segura.</p>
<p>“Dickinson’s requirement is an egregious violation of the First Amendment, reminiscent of McCarthy-era loyalty oaths requiring Americans to disavow membership in the Communist party and other forms of ‘subversive’ activity,” Segura added.<br />
The city of Dickinson’s application form for storm damage repair funding includes a clause stating that <strong>“By executing this Agreement below, the Applicant verifies that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this Agreement.”</strong></p>
<p>No other clauses about political affiliations or beliefs are included in the form.<br />
<strong>The state of Texas passed a law in May banning state entities from contracting with businesses that boycott Israel.</strong> The law, one of 21 passed in states around the country in the past few years, has been criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union as unconstitutional.</p>
<p>Local TV news station KTRK reported that the damage Dickinson received “may be the worst of Harvey,” with more than 50 inches of rain in 72 hours. The widely-distributed photo of residents of a nursing home waiting to be rescued as floodwater reached their waists was taken in Dickinson.<br />
Calls to the offices of the mayor and the city secretary were not returned.</p>
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