Not this liberal. On May 18, 3:07 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Afternoon J.C.!! > > I agree with you, that there is absolutely no distinction between a hateful > act bestowed upon a Gay individual because he is Gay, than there is beating > or killing a Black, or Asian, or any other group or ethnicity, because they > are a "Woman/Black/Gay/Asian/Hispanic"; etc., etc., etc. > > The distinction, is that there are already existing laws in all 50 states to > punish violent crime, making this proposed Bill, H.R. 1913, *e.g.;* the > "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act"; and most of the time > referred to as the, "Matthew Shepard Act", unnecessary, unfair, indefinable, > un-American and constitutionally suspect. > > Laws in civilized nations have always been designed to punish conduct, not > thought. H.R. 1913 is not designed to aid in crime fighting. Punishing wrong > beliefs about homosexuality is the sole aim of H.R. 1913. > > H.R. 1913 is one more step in the campaign to legitimize homosexuality in > our culture by treating it as a protected class along with race, gender, and > religion. The long term goal is to create one more platform from which to > eradicate wrong thinking about homosexuality. H.R. 1913 will undoubtedly > pave the way to legislation that will make thinking Biblically about > homosexuality a "hate crime." > > It is the goal of a number of far left extremists with a secularist agenda, > and Antii-Christian groups who intend to use "provisions"; (*e.g.;* "loop > holes") in the proposed legislation to muzzle Churches from speaking out on > Biblical standards of morality which are shared by most Americans. > Unnecessary lawsuits will bring a chilling effect to the free speech and > religious liberty of our churches and of our members. > > By example, the far left militant Gay organizations have outright lied about > Matthew Shepard in the first place! These Gay militant organizations have > portrayed Shepard as being the victim of a hate crime. That he was murdered > because he was Gay, which is simply untrue, yet these gay militant > organizations sill continue to parade such a falsehood, and the far left > extremist media, namely Keith Olberman and MSNBC continue to perpetrate the > lie, and literally bash anyone who attempt to reveal the truth about > Shepard's murder!!! > > Check this out!! > > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/04/30/abc-debunks-mat... > > Here is the real story on Matthew Shepard: > > http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=277685&page=3 > > This J.C., is what is wrong with the left, liberals, progressives, the > Democrat Party, and all that continue to fuel deceit and false hatred!!! > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM, J.C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Once again, you are confusing true liberals with the whiny, spineless > > group who most commonly refer to themselves as democrats. If someone > > wants to use the word "nigger", he has that right under the first > > amendment, just like I have the right to tell that same person he is a > > classless idiot. > > > As for classifying homosexuals in terms of hate crimes, I think it > > should be done. There is a huge difference in preaching about > > homosexuality and going out and beating or killing someone because he > > or she is gay. To me, that is no different than beating someone > > because he or she is black, Asian, Hispanic, or in some cases, white. > > Do I have the right to censor you because you want to refer to someone > > as a faggot? No. But I still have the right to call you a classless > > idiot. > > > (And I mean that in the nicest of ways; I know you are the epitome of > > class.) > > > On May 18, 11:23 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Zeb!! Good to see ya!! > > > > Holly, I think that the inference, is that there are many, mostly from > > your > > > side of the aisle, who would like to instill these same restrictions here > > in > > > the United States. Just recently, there was the "Matthew Shepard" Act, > > > which was a little stipulation which would have included Gays in the > > "hate > > > crimes" provision. In essence, what this would have allowed, is the > > > potential civil or criminal prosecution of every denomination of Church > > and > > > Jewish Synagogue, because of the teachings of the Bible. > > > > What Zeb was pointing out, is that those who believe themselves to be, > > "More > > > Tolerant, Kinder, Gentler, and More Enlightened"; (e.g.; far left > > radical > > > extremist Moonbats) have no problem bandying about the terms "Nazi" or > > > "Fascist" when referencing conservatives who hold American principles and > > > tenets dear. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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