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| − | A '''"hate crime"''' is an action held to involve the illicit expression of hatred to the detriment of another person. Such a wide definition combines religious, ethnic or lifestyle persecution. | + | A "'''hate crime'''" is a [[liberal]] invention to try to make some crimes "worse" than others based on the views or beliefs of the person committing the crime, or the victim. The goal of this rewriting of criminal law is to create special advantages for those promoting a [[homosexual] lifestyle and other favored liberal groups. The ultimate goal may be to criminalize the Bible, or at least marginalize it. |
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| − | The House of Representatives passed a hate crime bill on April 29, 2009, in order to give special protection to homosexual behavior, and to intimidate Bible-based criticism of it.<ref>http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE53S8IM20090429</ref> This bill has led many to be fearful. To quote OneNewsNow "This so-called 'hate crimes' bill will be used to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute, and persecute pastors, business owners, Bible teachers, Sunday School teachers, youth pastors -- you name it -- or anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truth found in the Bible."<ref>http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=494798</ref> | |
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| | ==Free speech and the Homosexual Agenda== | | ==Free speech and the Homosexual Agenda== |
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| | * '''Middle Rung:''' anti-discrimination legislation to favor and promote the lifestyle. | | * '''Middle Rung:''' anti-discrimination legislation to favor and promote the lifestyle. |
| | * '''Top Rung:''' [[affirmative action]] to fully promote the lifestyle. [citation needed] | | * '''Top Rung:''' [[affirmative action]] to fully promote the lifestyle. [citation needed] |
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| | + | ===Legislative history=== |
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| | + | The House of Representatives passed a hate crime bill on April 29, 2009, in order to give special protection to homosexual behavior, and to intimidate Bible-based criticism of it.<ref>http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE53S8IM20090429</ref> This bill has led many to be fearful. To quote OneNewsNow "This so-called 'hate crimes' bill will be used to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute, and persecute pastors, business owners, Bible teachers, Sunday School teachers, youth pastors -- you name it -- or anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truth found in the Bible."<ref>http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=494798</ref> |
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| | Then [[Speaker of the House]] for the 2007-2008 [[Congress]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], sought to pass hate crime legislation proposed in the prior session of [[Congress]] in H.R.3132. [[H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007]] was then introduced by [[Democrats]] in the new session [[110th Congress]] that began in 2007. | | Then [[Speaker of the House]] for the 2007-2008 [[Congress]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], sought to pass hate crime legislation proposed in the prior session of [[Congress]] in H.R.3132. [[H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007]] was then introduced by [[Democrats]] in the new session [[110th Congress]] that began in 2007. |