The so called "Hate Crimes Bill" passed the House and if it passes the Senate it will become law.
In my opinion this bill is simply TERRIBLE.
Bryan Fischer is director of issues analysis for the American Family Association:
"It could have a chilling effect on free speech and religious freedoms in the nation."
"For the first time in American history we are criminalizing thought," Fischer laments. "Thomas Jefferson said the reach of legislation should extend to actions only and not to opinions -- and now we are punishing people not just for what they did, but what they were thinking when they did it.
"It's also going to have a chilling effect on freedom of speech, especially religious speech. And [in] other places where these hate crimes bills have gone into effect, pastors have wound up in jail or fined for preaching a biblical view of homosexuality."
Using an oft used reprehensible tactic in politics, this bill is attached to a Defense Appropriations bill, an obvious attempt to force it's passing.
What is your opinion? I find it disgusting.
Larry Hayden, a Christian
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