*Updated*Hate Crimes Alert

The House has now voted to pass this legislation. See the story here.

The Hate Crimes bill could be voted on today. The Christian Post has more information. Additionally, the American Family Association sent out this action alert.

Tell Congress to vote ‘No!’ on ‘thought crimes’ bill

Urgent: E-mail your representative and two senators today!

October 7, 2009

Dear Friends,

In its never-ending quest to shred America’s Judeo-Christian value system, the left is planning to hurriedly push through a “thought crimes” bill.

So-called “hate crimes” laws are really laws that criminalize thought, because they punish an individual not for what he did but for what he thought. Politically incorrect thoughts about homosexual behavior will result in enhanced criminal sanctions under this law.

Everywhere hate crimes laws have gone into effect, they have been quickly used to intimidate, silence and punish people of faith who express deeply held religious objections to the normalization of homosexuality.

Such laws not only punish officially disapproved speech and thought, they create two tiers of victims. Under hate crimes laws, some victims get more protections than others, which violates the fundamental American principle of equality under the law.

In fact, such laws actively discriminate against heterosexual Christians who are victims of crime, since they will get less legal protection than homosexual victims.

And since “sexual orientation” is nowhere defined in the legislation, this law will give pedophiles, voyeurs, and exhibitionists special protections, which is why the bill has correctly been called “The Pedophile Protection Act.”

The left has shrewdly and malevolently attached this so-called “hate crimes” language to a Defense Appropriations bill, and efforts by Republicans in Congress to remove the language from the Defense bill failed Tuesday night on a party line vote.

Though we all support adequate funding for the military, this attachment is a poison pill that makes the Appropriations bill unacceptable.

Take Action!
E-mail your members of Congress today and urge them to vote “NO!” on the Defense Appropriations bill if the “hate crimes” language is not removed.

It is very important that you forward this alert to your friends and family members.



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7 Responses to “*Updated*Hate Crimes Alert”

1. Agrippa says:

   October 8, 2009 at 7:52 pm

   The hate crimes bill passed! Awesome. You lose, equality and compassion win.

   Reply
2. ort says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:13 am

   Wrong AGrippa…….insanity and Godlessness have won. We all will stand before our Creator one day. What a horrifying day that will be for the majority. Homosexaulity is a sin like any other sin. One cannot change the color of their skin, but one can change their heart. And homosexuals need to repent and come to God on His terms, not theirs. When Christians are taken from this earth, the Salt and Light, then you will see how horrible the hearts of Godless men really are. Hell will literally be unleashed. I wonder if you will be celebrating your “victory” then……..

   Reply
3. Wendy says:

   October 9, 2009 at 12:12 pm

   Great answer to Agrippa……….just like Paul to Agrippa………we pray he will be convinced.

   Reply
4. mbec says:

   October 9, 2009 at 5:54 pm

   Way to go Ort! You hit the nail on the head. I'm sorry Agrippa that you feel the way you posted…I hope one day you'll change your mind.

   Reply
5. ort says:

   October 9, 2009 at 9:39 pm

   In a message dated 10/9/2009 9:53:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
   writes:

   Wendy (unregistered) wrote, in response to ort:

   Great answer to Agrippa……….just like Paul to Agrippa………we pray
   he will be convinced.

   Thanks. It's just that sometimes it gets so frustrating and disheartening
   when I read the absolute ignorance that people post. I mean, it's such a
   Godless world out there and it's only going to get worse. Paul wrote it dead on
   when he said in Timothy “men shall be lovers of themselves, boastful, proud,
   arrogant”, etc.
   Wrong is now right and right is now wrong. Anything perverted or sick is
   ok, and anything Godly is attacked. I don't think the Name of Jesus has been
   more hated than it is today. But, John 14:6 still stands no matter how hard
   they fight it. Yes, I pray he will be convinced.

   God bless,
   Nancy

   Reply
6. mbec says:

   October 9, 2009 at 11:54 pm

   Way to go Ort! You hit the nail on the head. I'm sorry Agrippa that you feel the way you posted…I hope one day you'll change your mind.

   Reply
7. ort says:

   October 10, 2009 at 3:39 am

   In a message dated 10/9/2009 9:53:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
   writes:

   Wendy (unregistered) wrote, in response to ort:

   Great answer to Agrippa……….just like Paul to Agrippa………we pray
   he will be convinced.

   Thanks. It's just that sometimes it gets so frustrating and disheartening
   when I read the absolute ignorance that people post. I mean, it's such a
   Godless world out there and it's only going to get worse. Paul wrote it dead on
   when he said in Timothy “men shall be lovers of themselves, boastful, proud,
   arrogant”, etc.
   Wrong is now right and right is now wrong. Anything perverted or sick is
   ok, and anything Godly is attacked. I don't think the Name of Jesus has been
   more hated than it is today. But, John 14:6 still stands no matter how hard
   they fight it. Yes, I pray he will be convinced.

   God bless,
   Nancy

   Reply