Hate Crimes Vote on April 22, 2009

The re-introduced Hate Crimes Bill will go before the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 2009, and the hate mongers of the Christian Right are pulling out the stops and disseminating all kinds of flat out lies in an effort to get their sheep like followers to call their Congressman/woman in opposition to the bill. The Uber-Christians would have one believe that Christians are being persecuted and that passage of the bill would punish "thought crimes." The fact that none of the dire things that the Christianists are hyperventilating about are remotely true is irrelevant to these "Godly Christians" who are among the most dishonest people one will ever encounter. Here's a sampling of the trash being put out by the SPLC identified hate group, Traditional Values Coalition:

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Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) have re-introduced H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. It includes “gender identity” as a protected category under federal law. “Gender identity” refers to a male or female who believes they are the opposite sex. This means cross-dressers, drag queens, and transsexuals (known collectively as “transgendered” persons.)

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The 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 leaders, Christian counselors, religious broadcasters and anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truths found in the Bible.

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Never mind that a requirement for prosecution under the legislation would require an act of actual physical violence against a LGBT individual, not merely anti-gay thoughts or pronouncements. TVC and its disingenuous allies never allow the facts and truth to get in the way of their hate-filled agenda to merge their religious beliefs into the civil laws. To counter the deranged onslaught of misinformed sheeple, I urge readers to contact their congressional representative and voice your support for H.R. 1913. Use this site to contact your member of Congress.