Hate Crimes Bill Heads to the House, Vote Expected Next Week
Posted on April 28, 2007
The Federal Hate Crimes Bill, H.R. 1592, is headed to the House, a vote is soon expected. This bill poses the greatest threat to our freedom that we have ever witnessed in the history of this nation. This piece of legislation if passed into law will give homosexuals above the law status that will create an atmosphere where homosexuals will able to harass and intimidate those who disagree with their lifestyles, leaving most Americans defenseless against the tyranny of the far fringe left.
Freedom of Speech, and of the Press will be limited under these laws, I expect a great backlash against the homosexual community if this passes, and they start prosecuting people for excersizing their Constitutional rights.
We MUST act NOW!
We must contact Congress and tell them emphatically NO!
NO! to H.R. 1592, The Federal Hate Crimes Bill
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And the left accuses Bush of assaulting our freedoms?
Oh, come on now. This is only going to affect people who commit violent crimes against homosexuals because they are homosexuals, and then only if the state asks for help.
Do you seriously think this law will be abused?
I forgot my /sarcasm.
This past Saturday my wife and I attended an Astros game at Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston. The entire row next to us had a group of, how to put it delicately,
I need some help from Ann Coulter; flaming faggots. They all had on the same t-shirt explaining that they were a Man on Man club and on the back of the shirt was one of the most obscene pictures imaginable showing one man bent over with another man sticking it to him from behind. This was on a t-shirt being displayed in a public place without regard for children or anyone else with a sense of right and wrong. They were thumbing their nose, so to speak, at the entire civilized world.
On the other hand, had I attempted to enforce any sort of instant justice I would have been carted off to jail for violating their freedom of expression. I felt a bit like that character, the one who landed on the wicked witch after the tornado picked up her house, “This doesn’t look like Kansas anymore.†What kind of world are we responsible for leaving to the next generation?
The left is apparently going to save us from ourselves by restricting free speech, restricting religion, and taking our guns. All these freedoms are apparently dangerous to them.
If you’re wondering about some of the people backing ‘hate’ laws, Google “The Earliest ‘Hate’ Criminals” while it is still legal in America to read it! Marge
Did Jesus attempt to cause bodily injury to someone based on their perceived sexuality? If not, then his picture would never appear on a wanted poster. And, even if he did, his sermons couldn’t be used against him unless they already could under the Rules of Evidence.
Have any of you actually read the bill?
I have “actually read the bill.”
(8) Both at the time when the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States were adopted, and continuing to date, members of certain religious and national origin groups were and are perceived to be distinct `races’. Thus, in order to eliminate, to the extent possible, the badges, incidents, and relics of slavery, it is necessary to prohibit assaults on the basis of real or perceived religions or national origins, at least to the extent such religions or national origins were regarded as races at the time of the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
“Religions regarded as races?”
Slippery slope of re-definition here.
SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS BY STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
(a) Assistance Other Than Financial Assistance-
(1) IN GENERAL- At the request of State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency, the Attorney General may provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or any other form of assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that–
(A) constitutes a crime of violence;
(B) constitutes a felony under the State, local, or Tribal laws; and
(C) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim, or is a violation of the State, local, or Tribal hate crime laws.
That bold part is not just a slippery slope, it is a precipice.
(b) Grants-
(1) IN GENERAL- The Attorney General may award grants to State, local, and Indian law enforcement agencies for extraordinary expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes.
Another coffer-filler for the ACLU.
(2) OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS- In implementing the grant program under this subsection, the Office of Justice Programs shall work closely with grantees to ensure that the concerns and needs of all affected parties, including community groups and schools, colleges, and universities, are addressed through the local infrastructure developed under the grants.
This one is aimed directly at PRIVATE schools, simply because it does not delineate what KIND
of schools or universities, etc. ate inluded. The wording is intentionally broad.
There is more about “Grants” than about “Hate Crimes” going on here, too.
`Sec. 249. Hate crime acts
`(a) In General-
`(1) OFFENSES INVOLVING ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN- Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person–
“Perceived?”
Who decides who “perceived” what?
The government can tell us what we were thinking?
“Thought crime?”
`(A) IN GENERAL- Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, in any circumstance described in subparagraph (B), willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive or incendiary device, 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–
So hand to hand violence, clubs, knives or swords are then okay and not covered by this bill?
`(3) the term `gender identity’ for the purposes of this chapter means actual or perceived gender-related characteristics.
There’s that “perceived” thing again.
`(d) Rule of Evidence- In a prosecution for an offense under this section, evidence of expression or associations of the defendant may not be introduced as substantive evidence at trial, unless the evidence specifically relates to that offense. However, nothing in this section affects the rules of evidence governing impeachment of a witness.’.
The first part of this one just does not make sense.
Bills with built-in loopholes are bills introduced by the far left.
SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
This is the last section of the bill, and it is the legalese designed to circumvent SCOTUS
through chicanery.
Murder and violent assault is already a crime in all of the 50 states.
There is no Federal law against murder.
This bill is an attempt to create one.
But most importantly, this bill attempts to define what a citizen is thinking when they
are accused of a crime.
Maybe the prosecutors will enlist the aid of soothsayers.
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“Perceived” means that the person charged with the Hate Crime, which a lot of prosecutors don’t like to pursue because they are harder to get convictions for, can’t say that the victim wasn’t actually a member of the group I thought he was when I attacked him. This if a man is dressed as priest or rabbi for halloween and is attacked by someone, who says things like “pedofilic pope worshiper” or “k*ke” (and lets assume witnesses see this), then the attacker can’t say “but he isn’t really a priest/rabbi so this shouldn’t count.
It would be up to the prosecutor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the motivation for the attack was the victims membership in a certain group/or that the attacker thought he was a member of a group.
Again talking to prosecutors they don’t like to prosecute this cases except in cases like Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. where they can easily show the motivation for the attack. Otherwise they would rather just prosecute for plain murder/rape/assualt/battery because they have less to prove.
Wake up, Doubters…This is as serious as it gets! We here in AUstralia are experiencing first hand what it’s going to be like. Two Christian pastors are fighting in court for quoting from the Qu’ran in their church and daring to critique it! THey’ve already paid out thousands of dollars and there’s no guarantee that they won’t escape jail even yet. Now, compound that with this…There has been a drive to convert crims in jail to Islam. Imagine what could happen to those (minority) Christians if they get into a Muslim majority jail. THey’ll be torn apart. We’re heading to a one-world government and a one-world religion. Even MSM is saying the same thing here. (I read it just today in a mainstream Australian newspaper) And Christians are just in the way of that. If a few Christians get beheaded in jail it might serve as a warning to everybody else. Comply to the PC thought police or else!
HR254, the first generation allowed for a ‘life’ sentence to be given arbitrarily by a judge who decided that what you said was ‘hate crime’ and he would be entitled to put you away for life. You can’t hide from this guys! You have to face up to it and fight! And it’s going to be an ongoing fight. These people are absolutely committed to this. I’ve posted on this at my blog and linked here and to a previous post I did on the first hate crimes legislation they tried on you only a couple months ago. Americans found out about it and fought so they backed off but now they’re back again.
Mathew Shepard?
“The story garnered national attention when the attack was characterized as a hate crime. But Shepard’s killers, in their first interview since their convictions, tell “20/20’s” Elizabeth Vargas that money and drugs motivated their actions that night, not hatred of gays. ”
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=277685
BTW — Mathew Shephard’s killers were caught, tried and convicted, sentenced to two
consecutive life terms — without the Hate Crime law nonsense.
Would having the Hate Crime law give ‘em THREE consecutive life sentences?
Seriously.
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Generally, the people who scream the loudest about hate crimes laws (greatest
threat to our freedoms this nation has faced in it’s history? puh-leeze) are
always the ones with the biggest grudges against the classes protected by
the bill. We’re certainly seeing evidence of that truth here.
I wasn’t aware that gay people are a ‘class’.
They are, studies show, people who are exposing the rest of us to significant health risks. They are people who are politically lobbying their ‘freedom’ over the ‘freedom’ of the majority. The majority is not a ‘class’. We are people who would counsel them to alter their behavior not only because we love them, but because we care about the greater good; our community’s health and welfare.
It is our responsibility, if we love them, to give them tough love, not blind love sanctioning irresponsible behavior. Not all behaviors result in good results, that’s where the liberal mentality is somewhat unrealistic and sick.
This bill, and others like it are about ONE thing, and ONE thing ONLY! Silencing Conservatives, and Christians who believe that homosexuality is immoral, and sinful.
If a homo even thinks that you or I are viewing them as anything less than normal and acceptable, they will start crying “Hate Crime!, Hate Crime! Arrest that homopbobe!”.
It is NAZI like what the FAR FRINGE LEFT is trying to RAM ROD down our throats. Homosexual activists know damn well that this is all about FORCED ACCEPTANCE! ‘666′ cannot be very far away.
My point again is this! In a FREE and OPEN society, “We have the right to HATE anything, anyone, or any group we want, it’s called freedom!”. The government cannot mandate to us that we cannot hate, or dislike something, someone, or some group or organization. Hate is a human emotion, as love is also. What they are trying to do is silence all public expression of the dislike of homosexuality, which is completely, unAmerican.
Make alcoholics a protected class, make it illegal to look down at them, after all, they are only doing what makes them feel good, so what if they had a few too many. Drunk driving should then be another necessary evil we tolerate within society, just like homosexual behavior. So what if they drive drunk and kill/hurt others, it’s just their alternative lifestyle, who are you too say it’s wrong?
Adding laws to the books that specifically protect homosexual behavior, and those who practice it is about one thing, silencing Christians, and others who find homosexual behavior unacceptable.
We must fight and pray that President Bush will veto this bill and continue to stand with us in the fight!