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The passage of the Religious Law of 94 was the crowning achievement of the ACL and also its death knell. Within months, the ACL would begin to see its public activities severely constrained. Attempts by the ACL to help enforce the new law were fiercely rebuffed. Permits for public acts stopped being approved, audits began raining down from the tax authorities, activists soon found themselves being clobbered and arrested on the streets by especially vicious police officers. As the crackdown intensified, ACL President [[Chul Lung Qua]] was forced to appear on national television and denounce his own organization for excesses and mistakes committed, in the first instance of nationally televised self-criticism. Shortly after and under threat of arrest, a humiliated Qua would be forced to resign from the ACL, although he kept his Party membership. In his place was put a complete unknown bureaucrat by the name of Barbas Chang who would massively wind down the ACL's organizational structure and size. | The passage of the Religious Law of 94 was the crowning achievement of the ACL and also its death knell. Within months, the ACL would begin to see its public activities severely constrained. Attempts by the ACL to help enforce the new law were fiercely rebuffed. Permits for public acts stopped being approved, audits began raining down from the tax authorities, activists soon found themselves being clobbered and arrested on the streets by especially vicious police officers. As the crackdown intensified, ACL President [[Chul Lung Qua]] was forced to appear on national television and denounce his own organization for excesses and mistakes committed, in the first instance of nationally televised self-criticism. Shortly after and under threat of arrest, a humiliated Qua would be forced to resign from the ACL, although he kept his Party membership. In his place was put a complete unknown bureaucrat by the name of Barbas Chang who would massively wind down the ACL's organizational structure and size. | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
The current castrated form of the Anti-Catholic League is a dim shadow of its former self, with membership not exceeding 8,000 members nationwide and with sclerotic mobilization and convocation capabilities. The ACL does limited distribution of pamphlets, usually related to the benefits of a secular lifestyle. They also hold monthly meetings to discuss world developments, play bingo and sell vintage ACL paraphernalia. | The current castrated form of the Anti-Catholic League is a dim shadow of its former self, with membership not exceeding 8,000 members nationwide and with sclerotic mobilization and convocation capabilities. The ACL does limited distribution of pamphlets, usually related to the benefits of a secular lifestyle. They also hold monthly meetings to discuss world developments, play bingo and sell vintage ACL paraphernalia. The ACL is usually allowed to stage one rally outside their national headquarters every six months. | ||
[[File:Virgil superstar.jpg|thumb|ACL merch stand]] | [[File:Virgil superstar.jpg|thumb|ACL merch stand]] | ||
==Leaders== | ==Leaders== | ||