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==Real hate crimes==

==Real hate crimes==

Many anti-Trump hate crimes and other hateful acts of harassment occurred against Trump's supporters and even apolitical people.<ref>Nolte, John (July 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/ Rap Sheet: ***502*** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> For example, in very early January 2017, an extremely horrific and disturbing racist hate crime occurred when four black teens brutally beat and tortured an 18-year-old mentally-disabled white teenager in Chicago. It was a horrific hate crime, and one of the many, many horrifying things they did was tell the person to curse [[Donald Trump]] and white people.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2017/01/f-k-donald-trump-f-k-white-people/ 4 charged with hate crimes in kidnap, torture of mentally disabled man]. ''WND''. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>  The accused were denied bail,<ref>Pathieu, Diane; Hope, Leah (January 6, 2017). [http://abc7chicago.com/news/judge-denies-bail-for-4-facebook-live-torture-suspects/1689291/ Judge denies bail for 4 Chicago Facebook Live torture suspects]. ''ABC 7''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> and were charged with hate crimes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/crime/four-chicago-teens-are-charged-with-hate-crime-in-facebook-live-attack-of-special-needs-student/|title=Four Chicago Suspects Are Charged with Hate Crime in Facebook Live Attack of Special Needs Student|date=January 5, 2017|accessdate=January 14, 2017}}</ref> The hate crime was one of many anti-Trump hate-crimes after the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 presidential election]].<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> By March 2019, 334 hate crimes against Trump supporters had been reported.<ref>Nolte, John (March 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/13/there-have-been-334-reported-hate-crimes-against-trump-supporters/ There Have Been 334 Reported Hate Crimes Against Trump Supporters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

Many anti-Trump hate crimes and other hateful acts of harassment occurred against Trump's supporters and even apolitical people.<ref>Nolte, John (July 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/ Rap Sheet: ***502*** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.</ref> For example, in very early January 2017, an extremely horrific and disturbing racist hate crime occurred when four black teens brutally beat and tortured an 18-year-old mentally-disabled white teenager in Chicago. It was a horrific hate crime, and one of the many, many horrifying things they did was tell the person to curse [[Donald Trump]] and white people.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2017/01/f-k-donald-trump-f-k-white-people/ 4 charged with hate crimes in kidnap, torture of mentally disabled man]. ''WND''. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>  The accused were denied bail,<ref>Pathieu, Diane; Hope, Leah (January 6, 2017). [http://abc7chicago.com/news/judge-denies-bail-for-4-facebook-live-torture-suspects/1689291/ Judge denies bail for 4 Chicago Facebook Live torture suspects]. ''ABC 7''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> and were charged with hate crimes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/crime/four-chicago-teens-are-charged-with-hate-crime-in-facebook-live-attack-of-special-needs-student/|title=Four Chicago Suspects Are Charged with Hate Crime in Facebook Live Attack of Special Needs Student|date=January 5, 2017|accessdate=January 14, 2017}}</ref> The hate crime was one of many anti-Trump hate-crimes after the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> By March 2019, 334 hate crimes against Trump supporters had been reported.<ref>Nolte, John (March 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/13/there-have-been-334-reported-hate-crimes-against-trump-supporters/ There Have Been 334 Reported Hate Crimes Against Trump Supporters]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

An [[Antifa]] mob, organized by the [[progressive]] [[far-Left]] group [[Smash Racism DC]], tried to break into [[Fox News]] host [[Tucker Carlson]]'s house while his wife and family are home.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/08/dc-police-investigating-protest-at-tucker-carlsons-home-as-suspected-hate-crime/ Police Investigate Protest at Carlson's Home as "Suspected Hate Crime"] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/08/mob-tucker-carlsons-home-antifa-break-door-chant-fox-host/1927868002</ref>  The incident was labeled as a hate crime by DC police.

An [[Antifa]] mob, organized by the [[progressive]] [[far-Left]] group [[Smash Racism DC]], tried to break into [[Fox News]] host [[Tucker Carlson]]'s house while his wife and family are home.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/08/dc-police-investigating-protest-at-tucker-carlsons-home-as-suspected-hate-crime/ Police Investigate Protest at Carlson's Home as "Suspected Hate Crime"] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/08/mob-tucker-carlsons-home-antifa-break-door-chant-fox-host/1927868002</ref>  The incident was labeled as a hate crime by DC police.

Community volunteers had been working for years to restore the Old Ashburn Schoolhouse, which historically had been a one-room segregated school for blacks in Loudoun County, Virginia. On October 1, 2016, five teenagers spray-painted “white power,” swastikas, crude drawings and profanities on the exterior of the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2016/10/5-teens-identified-as-suspects-in-historic-va-schoolhouse-vandalism/slide/4/|title=5 teens identified as suspects in historic Va. schoolhouse vandalism|work=WTOP|date=October 5, 2016|accessdate=January 7, 2017}}</ref>

Community volunteers had been working for years to restore the Old Ashburn Schoolhouse, which historically had been a one-room segregated school for blacks in Loudoun County, Virginia. On October 1, 2016, five teenagers spray-painted “white power,” swastikas, crude drawings and profanities on the exterior of the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2016/10/5-teens-identified-as-suspects-in-historic-va-schoolhouse-vandalism/slide/4/|title=5 teens identified as suspects in historic Va. schoolhouse vandalism|work=WTOP|date=October 5, 2016|accessdate=January 7, 2017}}</ref>

In June 2015, a shooter murdered nine prayer service attendees at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.  The shooter was convicted on 33 federal hate crimes in December 2016.<ref>http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/15/505723552/jury-finds-dylann-roof-guilty-in-s-c-church-shooting</ref>  The shooter, "a self-described white supremacist",<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/28/dylann-roof-hearing/95915094/</ref> justified the shooting as a response to alleged black-on-white killing.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/dylan-roof-confesses-to-church-massacre-in-2015-police-video/2016/12/10/19b12a3c-bf31-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_video.html</ref>

In June 2015, a shooter murdered nine prayer service attendees at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.  The shooter was convicted on 33 federal hate crimes in December 2016.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/15/505723552/jury-finds-dylann-roof-guilty-in-s-c-church-shooting</ref>  The shooter, "a self-described white supremacist",<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/28/dylann-roof-hearing/95915094/</ref> justified the shooting as a response to alleged black-on-white killing.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/dylan-roof-confesses-to-church-massacre-in-2015-police-video/2016/12/10/19b12a3c-bf31-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_video.html</ref>

Three men were convicted under the Shepard-Byrd Act of committing a hate crime in August 2011 against an African-American waiting at a bus stop.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2014/04/30/cannonopinion.pdf]</ref>

Three men were convicted under the Shepard-Byrd Act of committing a hate crime in August 2011 against an African-American waiting at a bus stop.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2014/04/30/cannonopinion.pdf]</ref>

It has happened where individuals, for various reasons, stage an alleged hate crime when none at all occurred. After the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 presidential election]], several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters. Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). It was found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were found to be hoaxes.<ref>Multiple references:

It has happened where individuals, for various reasons, stage an alleged hate crime when none at all occurred. After the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 presidential election]], several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters. Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). It was found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were found to be hoaxes.<ref>Multiple references:

*[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

*Huston, Warner Todd (May 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/05/another-hate-crime-hoax-church-organist-admits-he-vandalized-his-own-church-with-trump-and-nazi-slogans/ Another Hate Crime Hoax: Church Organist Admits He Vandalized His Own Church with Trump and Nazi Slogans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

*Huston, Warner Todd (May 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/05/another-hate-crime-hoax-church-organist-admits-he-vandalized-his-own-church-with-trump-and-nazi-slogans/ Another Hate Crime Hoax: Church Organist Admits He Vandalized His Own Church with Trump and Nazi Slogans]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

See also:

See also:

*Parke, Caleb (December 27, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/27/hate-crimes-and-hoaxes-10-campus-stories-debunked-in-2017.html Hate crimes and hoaxes: 10 campus stories debunked in 2017]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 27, 2017.</ref> The U.S. saw many fake "hate crimes" after the 2016 election,<ref>Corsi, Jerome (January 18, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/28066-new-phenomenon-of-fake-hate-crimes-creates-perplexing-problems-for-law-enforcement New Phenomenon of “Fake Hate Crimes” Creates Perplexing Problems for Law Enforcement]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref> with the vast majority of them being staged by liberals to falsely frame conservatives.<ref>Multiple references:

*Parke, Caleb (December 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/27/hate-crimes-and-hoaxes-10-campus-stories-debunked-in-2017.html Hate crimes and hoaxes: 10 campus stories debunked in 2017]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 27, 2017.</ref> The U.S. saw many fake "hate crimes" after the 2016 election,<ref>Corsi, Jerome (January 18, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/28066-new-phenomenon-of-fake-hate-crimes-creates-perplexing-problems-for-law-enforcement New Phenomenon of “Fake Hate Crimes” Creates Perplexing Problems for Law Enforcement]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref> with the vast majority of them being staged by liberals to falsely frame conservatives.<ref>Multiple references:

*[https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1097020092791934976 Andy Ngo]. ''Twitter''. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

*[https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1097020092791934976 Andy Ngo]. ''Twitter''. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

*Giaritelli, Anna (February 18, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jussie-smollett-case-the-latest-in-long-line-of-hoax-racist-attacks Jussie Smollett case the latest in long line of hoax racist attacks]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

*Giaritelli, Anna (February 18, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jussie-smollett-case-the-latest-in-long-line-of-hoax-racist-attacks Jussie Smollett case the latest in long line of hoax racist attacks]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

== Hate crime statistics ==

== Hate crime statistics ==

Here are the hate crime statistics reported by the US Department of Justice for 2015.<ref>https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2015/tables-and-data-declarations/1tabledatadecpdf</ref> It should be noted that the statistics are skewed because the states use different definitions of what constitutes a hate crime.<ref>Chiaramonte, Perry (May 24, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/24/hate-crime-criteria-vary-widely-by-state-making-analysis-such-offenses-difficult.html Hate crime criteria vary widely by state, making analysis of such offenses difficult]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref>

Here are the hate crime statistics reported by the US Department of Justice for 2015.<ref>https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2015/tables-and-data-declarations/1tabledatadecpdf</ref> It should be noted that the statistics are skewed because the states use different definitions of what constitutes a hate crime.<ref>Chiaramonte, Perry (May 24, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/24/hate-crime-criteria-vary-widely-by-state-making-analysis-such-offenses-difficult.html Hate crime criteria vary widely by state, making analysis of such offenses difficult]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref>

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Another example of an alleged anti-homosexual "hate crime" occurred at Columbia University in 2005, when two drunken students scrawled racist and anti-homosexual symbols on a dormitory wall.  Initially charged with crimes carrying possible 4-year jail sentences, the charges were later dropped in exchange for some sensitivity training.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/06/12/News/Ruggles.Vandalism.Case.Dismissed-2043702.shtml Ruggles Vandalism Case Dismissed], Elizabeth Kraushar and Eleazar David Meléndez, ''Columbia Spectator'', 6/12/06.</ref>  "I am pretty sure [the perpetrator] thought he was playing a joke," said one dormitory resident about the incident.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510542 Hate Crime Rocks Columbia’s Campus], Noah S. Bloom, ''The Harvard Crimson'', December 13, 2005.</ref>

Another example of an alleged anti-homosexual "hate crime" occurred at Columbia University in 2005, when two drunken students scrawled racist and anti-homosexual symbols on a dormitory wall.  Initially charged with crimes carrying possible 4-year jail sentences, the charges were later dropped in exchange for some sensitivity training.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/06/12/News/Ruggles.Vandalism.Case.Dismissed-2043702.shtml Ruggles Vandalism Case Dismissed], Elizabeth Kraushar and Eleazar David Meléndez, ''Columbia Spectator'', 6/12/06.</ref>  "I am pretty sure [the perpetrator] thought he was playing a joke," said one dormitory resident about the incident.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510542 Hate Crime Rocks Columbia’s Campus], Noah S. Bloom, ''The Harvard Crimson'', December 13, 2005.</ref>

There are very few anti-homosexual murders.  The most publicized of an alleged incident, the murder of [[Matthew Shepard]], was the result of drug deal gone wrong.  After the defense attorney failed to win sympathy from the jury with an argument of self-defense against homosexual advances, the lead killer admitted in jail the killing was entirely motivated by money over a drug dealing debt;:<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=277685&page=3 New Details Emerge in Matthew Shepard Murder], ''20/20'', ABC News. Retrieved 22 July 2007.</ref>

There are very few anti-homosexual murders.  The most publicized of an alleged incident, the murder of [[Matthew Shepard]], was the result of drug deal gone wrong.  After the defense attorney failed to win sympathy from the jury with an argument of self-defense against homosexual advances, the lead killer admitted in jail the killing was entirely motivated by money over a drug dealing debt;:<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=277685&page=3 New Details Emerge in Matthew Shepard Murder], ''20/20'', ABC News. Retrieved 22 July 2007.</ref>

:Asked [by ABC News] directly whether [the lead killer] targeted and attacked Shepard because he was gay, McKinney told Vargas, "No. I did not. ... I would say it wasn't a hate crime. All I wanted to do was beat him up and rob him."

:Asked [by ABC News] directly whether [the lead killer] targeted and attacked Shepard because he was gay, McKinney told Vargas, "No. I did not. ... I would say it wasn't a hate crime. All I wanted to do was beat him up and rob him."

For example, in a government report released in 2016, Martin R. Castro, the chairman of the U.S. [[Commission on Civil Rights]], stated that "The phrases “religious liberty” and “religious freedom” will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance."<ref>{{cite news|last=Showalter|first=Brandon|date=Setpember 9, 2016|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/religious-freedom-code-word-bigotry-christian-supremacy-us-civil-rights-commissioner-martin-castro-169370/ |title=Religious Freedom Is 'Code Word' for Bigotry, Christian Supremacy, US Civil Rights Commissioner Says|work=The Christian Post|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>Kellner, Mark A. (September 8, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/8/religious-freedom-religious-liberty-just-code-word/ ‘Religious freedom,’ ‘liberty’ just ‘code words’ for intolerance, U.S. Civil Rights chairman says]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://religionnews.com/2016/09/08/chairman-of-u-s-commission-on-civil-rights-calls-the-phrases-religious-liberty-and-religious-freedom-code-words-for-discrimination-intolerance-racism-s/ Chairman of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls the phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, and Christian supremacy]. ''Religion News Service''. September 8, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>Carter, Joe (September 13, 2016). [https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/u.s.-civil-rights-commission-religious-freedom-is-code-word-for-racism-homophobia-and-christian-supremacy U.S. Civil Rights Commission: ‘Religious Freedom’ Is Code Word for Racism, Homophobia, and ‘Christian Supremacy’]. ''The Gospel Coalition''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref>

For example, in a government report released in 2016, Martin R. Castro, the chairman of the U.S. [[Commission on Civil Rights]], stated that "The phrases “religious liberty” and “religious freedom” will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance."<ref>{{cite news|last=Showalter|first=Brandon|date=Setpember 9, 2016|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/religious-freedom-code-word-bigotry-christian-supremacy-us-civil-rights-commissioner-martin-castro-169370/ |title=Religious Freedom Is 'Code Word' for Bigotry, Christian Supremacy, US Civil Rights Commissioner Says|work=The Christian Post|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>Kellner, Mark A. (September 8, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/8/religious-freedom-religious-liberty-just-code-word/ ‘Religious freedom,’ ‘liberty’ just ‘code words’ for intolerance, U.S. Civil Rights chairman says]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://religionnews.com/2016/09/08/chairman-of-u-s-commission-on-civil-rights-calls-the-phrases-religious-liberty-and-religious-freedom-code-words-for-discrimination-intolerance-racism-s/ Chairman of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls the phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, and Christian supremacy]. ''Religion News Service''. September 8, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>Carter, Joe (September 13, 2016). [https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/u.s.-civil-rights-commission-religious-freedom-is-code-word-for-racism-homophobia-and-christian-supremacy U.S. Civil Rights Commission: ‘Religious Freedom’ Is Code Word for Racism, Homophobia, and ‘Christian Supremacy’]. ''The Gospel Coalition''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref>

In 2014, the mayor of [[Houston]], a leftist and the first openly-homosexual mayor of the city, briefly issued subpoenas on pastors, ordering them to turn over sermons concerning homosexuality.<ref>Starnes, Todd (October 14, 2014). [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/14/city-houston-demands-pastors-turn-over-sermons.html City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>Starnes, Todd (October 29, 2014). [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/29/houston-mayor-drops-bid-to-subpoena-pastors-sermons.html Houston mayor drops bid to subpoena pastors' sermons]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>Hallowell, Billy (August 3, 2015). [https://www.theblaze.com/news/2015/08/03/houston-pastors-hit-back-against-mayor-with-lawsuit-alleging-their-religious-freedoms-were-trampled/ Houston Gov’t Subpoenaed Pastors’ Sermons. Now, They’re Fighting Back.] ''The Blaze''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref>

In 2014, the mayor of [[Houston]], a leftist and the first openly-homosexual mayor of the city, briefly issued subpoenas on pastors, ordering them to turn over sermons concerning homosexuality.<ref>Starnes, Todd (October 14, 2014). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/14/city-houston-demands-pastors-turn-over-sermons.html City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>Starnes, Todd (October 29, 2014). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/29/houston-mayor-drops-bid-to-subpoena-pastors-sermons.html Houston mayor drops bid to subpoena pastors' sermons]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref><ref>Hallowell, Billy (August 3, 2015). [https://www.theblaze.com/news/2015/08/03/houston-pastors-hit-back-against-mayor-with-lawsuit-alleging-their-religious-freedoms-were-trampled/ Houston Gov’t Subpoenaed Pastors’ Sermons. Now, They’re Fighting Back.] ''The Blaze''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref>

A pastor in [[Northern Ireland]] was charged and tried for making comments in one of his sermons against Islam that were considered "grossly offensive." Although he was found not guilty, he should have never been tried in the first place, as Christians should be able to freely express and advocate their biblically-based theological positions.<ref>Turpin, Simon (January 8, 2016). [https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/simon-turpin/2016/01/08/northern-ireland-pastor-not-guilty-criticising-islam/ Northern Ireland Pastor Not Guilty of Criticising Islam]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref>

A pastor in [[Northern Ireland]] was charged and tried for making comments in one of his sermons against Islam that were considered "grossly offensive." Although he was found not guilty, he should have never been tried in the first place, as Christians should be able to freely express and advocate their biblically-based theological positions.<ref>Turpin, Simon (January 8, 2016). [https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/simon-turpin/2016/01/08/northern-ireland-pastor-not-guilty-criticising-islam/ Northern Ireland Pastor Not Guilty of Criticising Islam]. ''Answers in Genesis''. Retrieved January 9, 2017.</ref>