Monday, November 9, 2009

Obama signed into Law Hate Crimes Bill of 2009 or HR 1913 on October 28th of 2009.

Huffington Post’s Paul Legendre reported that Secretary of State Clinton recently underlined the importance of combating hate crime, at the launch of the State Department's 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom by proclaiming that the best antidote to religious intolerance is "a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and the vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression."

Together, President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and other members of the administration must be prepared to carry and promote this message overseas, in countries where governments are not responding adequately to violence motivated by religious intolerance, racism and xenophobia, sexual orientation and gender identity bias, or other similar manifestations of intolerance. In many parts of the world, governments are failing to take hate violence seriously by bringing the perpetrators to justice

Andy Birkey from ‘Religious Right’ reported that Friday was historic for LGBT Americans as President Obama signed into law a hate crimes bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity. But some among Minnesota’s religious right didn’t receive the news warmly, saying the law will bring the wrath of God down on America, that Obama is an “anti-Christian radical” and that the bill was a plot by “homosexuals” to silence Christians.

LifeSiteNews.com’s Alex Bush reported May 19, 2009 - James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, stated on his daily radio program, Focus on the Family Daily, that "utter evil" is coming out of the United States Congress. He made the remark in reference to the recently passed Hate Crimes Bill, H.R.1913, which makes "sexual orientation," as well as race, religion, class, gender or disability, categories that are protected from "hate crimes."

Bill H.R.1913 has been criticized by conservative commentators, who say that it could be used to prosecute religious leaders who simply defend traditional moral views on sexuality. Critics have also charged that the bill is redundant, since violent crimes are already punishable by law, and that the bill, by protecting special classes from "hate," effectively criminalizes thoughts rather than criminal actions.

Dobson was joined on his radio show by Congressmen Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and Steve King, R-Iowa.

"Every case they bring up would not be affected one iota, not one bit, by this hate crimes legislation," Gohmert said, "What this bill does is, it starts saying [that] some classes, some types of people, are more important to protect than others. That divides America, it's un-American."

Bill H.R.1913 states that whoever "attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person" commits a hate crime.

According to Gohmert, if a religious leader teaches "that homosexuality is wrong and someone goes out and commits a crime of violence then [the religious leader] can be arrested for inducing that person to do it and under
existing Federal Law you are as guilty as the one who committed the act of violence."
Dobson then quipped in response, "So much for the 1st amendment."

Kathleen Gilbert - WASHINGTON, D.C.,(LifeSiteNews.com) - A divided House Judiciary Committee yesterday voted to send a federal "hate crimes" bill to the House, after free speech advocates failed to secure protection for pastors who might preach biblically-based injunctions against homosexual activity.
Christian leaders are particularly concerned that attempts to secure the right to speak against the homosexual lifestyle and its normalization have failed. Among many rejected proposals for the bill was one offered by Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, which would have included a clause ensuring ministers could not be prosecuted for abetting a "hate crime" because they preached the Christian perspective on homosexuality.

WorldNetDaily reported House agrees to muzzle pastors with 'hate crimes' plan ‘This is first time protected status given to whatever sexual orientation one has’
The U.S. House today approved a federal "hate crimes" bill, H.R. 1913, that would provide special protections to homosexuals but leave Christian ministers open to prosecution should their teachings be linked to any subsequent offense, by anyone, against a "gay."

Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. said the action puts "sexual orientation" in a specially protected class under federal law.

"Based on history, it really isn’t something that needs to be protected," he said. "There's a problem that this is going to mark the first time that a protected class status is given to...whatever sexual orientation one has." He said the experience in other countries has led to prosecution of Christians. In Sweden, for example, a minister was sentenced to 30 days in jail for preaching from Leviticus.

Andrea Lafferty, executive director of ‘The Traditional Values Coalition’, said, "The Anti-Christian Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives has acted today to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate and persecute pastors, youth pastors, Bible teachers, and anyone else whose Bible speech and thought is based upon and reflects the truths found in the Bible.

"A pastor's sermon could be considered 'hate speech' under this legislation if heard by an individual who then acts aggressively against persons based on 'sexual orientation.' The pastor could be prosecuted for 'conspiracy to commit a hate crime'"

She goes on to say that this Democrat-controlled Congress has now elevated pedophiles and other bizarre sexual orientations, as well as drag queens, transgenders, lesbians and gay men to the level of protection of that already given to African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities in the law,"

Matt Barber of ‘Liberty Counsel’ has spoken out against H.R. 1913 a number of times. "As has proved to be true in both Europe and Canada, this Orwellian piece of legislation is the direct precursor to freedom killing and speech chilling 'hate speech' laws. It represents a thinly veiled effort to ultimately silence – under penalty of law – morally, medically and biblically based opposition to the homosexual lifestyle," he said.

Under the specifications of the law, a Christian needn't touch a homosexual to face charges, he noted. "If the homosexual merely claims he was subjectively placed in 'apprehension of bodily injury' by the Christian's words then, again, the Christian can be thrown in prison for a felony 'hate crime,'" he said.

WorldNetDaily Bob Unruh reported that the leader of a pro-family organization says families across the nation need to contact their U.S. senators now to try to derail a legislative plan that already has passed the U.S. House and is being awaited by President Obama – after a Democrat confirmed it would protect "all 547 forms of sexual deviancy or 'paraphilias' listed by the American Psychiatric Association."

The proposal, also called the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act after a Wyoming homosexual who was killed in a horrific robbery and beating in 1998, creates a special class for homosexuals and others with alternative sexual lifestyles and provides them protections against so-called "hate."

It specifically denies such protections to other targeted classes of citizens such as pastors, Christians, missionaries, veterans and the elderly.
Wrote Porter, "I've written extensively about how this bill would criminalize Christianity and turn those who disagree with the homosexual agenda into felons, but criminalizing Christianity is just the beginning of what this bill would do. It would also elevate pedophiles as a special protected class – since the term 'sexual orientation' which has been added to the 'hate crimes' legislation includes them in the American Psychiatric Association's definition of various 'sexual orientations."

Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, explained what all this means to WND columnist Janet Porter. He said, “There are only 242 crimes where there is actually some – truly – an assault, and we just rejected an amendment to including pedophilia from being a part of this protected class. Do you realize what that means?

If a mother hears that their child has been raped and she slaps the assailant with her purse, she is now gone after as a hate criminal because this is a protected class. There are other protected classes in here. I mean simple exhibitionism. I have female friends who have told me over the years that some guy flashed them, and their immediate reaction was to hit them with their purse. Well now, he's committed a misdemeanor, she has committed a federal hate crime because the exhibitionism is protected under sexual orientation.

Gohmert warned the law will be used against pastors – or anyone else – who speaks against homosexuality or other alternative sexual lifestyle choices. He said it provides that anyone who through speech "induces" commission of a violent hate crime "will be tried as a principal" alongside the active offender.
Critics say that would allow for prosecutions against pastors who preach a biblical ban on homosexuality if someone who hears such a message later is accused of any crime.

Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition, said, "A pastor's sermon could be considered 'hate speech' under this legislation if heard by an individual who then acts aggressively against persons based on 'sexual orientation.' The pastor could be prosecuted for conspiracy to commit a hate crime’ “ she said.

Steve King-R, Porter wrote, also told the full U.S. House that the APA has a list of 547 different "pedophilias" that would be protected by members of Congress under the "hate crimes" bill.

Cyndi’s View:

Would Anti-Hate Laws Make YOU a Criminal? If you preach from Scripture they will call you a criminal. They just made the most sacred book ever written a hate book. Because God’s Word is now called a hate book.

Under Canada, Brazil, England, Sweden and Europe’s anti-hate law, it is illegal to criticize homosexual behavior over the airwaves, in print, or in public. The consequences: large fines and imprisonment. Now that is true for America.

But most don’t understand that, beyond the feel good title, they have just opened a Pandora box. You will see that before the ink dries on the paper good there will be many arrested and jailed. LOOK OUT CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA!
This Law will muzzel Pastors and make it impossible to preach against sin. In other words, if you preach from scriptures, it’s a hate crime. Hate crime laws will cause Christians to be guilty of breaking, not civil laws, but a Federal Law.

Our Christian way of life is in danger. This is only the beginning of lost freedoms. Christians should be concerned over this new authority given to government. The government can prosecute anything perceived to motivate, by prejudice, violent crime against any 547 forms of sexual deviancy or pedophilias.

And what about electronic material? Will it be affected by this piece of legislation? What about the Postal Service? Can material be prohibited that are considered hate propaganda? And, by propaganda, will it mean all things Christian oriented?

The answer to all these questions is YES. The very next thing will be interception of materials, search and seizure violations. Where are our First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights? One protects our freedom of speech, one stops unreasonable searches and seizures and the other is supposed to guarantee our equal protection as a citizen of these United States. But, you see, under this new law those protections no longer exist. You forfeit those once you proclaim you believe the Bible.

Just a thought, but didn’t John the Baptist get hauled off to jail for speaking out about Adultery? We will have no less fate for speaking out against sexual sins.

What will you do if called upon? Will you be a John the Baptist or a Judas for Christian standards?

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