Tel-Chai Nation

David Limbaugh writes about how homosexual activists are trying to push forward federal legislation to prevent hate crimes, something that in actuality could suppress the free speech of religious activists and others who wish to criticize the practice of homosexuality:

As others have noted, the bill also violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by codifying the notion that certain groups of citizens, such as homosexuals, are entitled to greater legal protection than others, such as, say, older ladies.

The bill attempts to justify itself and its broad sweeping federal jurisdiction by reciting dubious "findings," such as, "The movement of members of targeted groups is impeded, and members of such groups are forced to move across State lines to escape the incidence or risk of such violence," and, "Perpetrators cross State lines to commit such violence."

Let me ask you sincerely: Do you really believe these assertions? Have you ever heard of such phenomena? Color me oblivious, but I don't and I haven't.

Color me, also, alarmist, but I think the main purpose of this bill is to demonize and criminalize thought, especially the politically incorrect belief that homosexual behavior is either abnormal or sinful. It is to make an emphatic societal statement that this belief constitutes "hate" and possibly to lay the groundwork for outlawing speech expressing this belief, including from the pulpit.

I hardly think I'm being hysterical here. The practice of criminalizing peaceful expression of this belief has already occurred in other nations — including Sweden, Canada and Great Britain — and even in our own Philadelphia.

On a semi-related note, here's something to consider: something tells me that, in contrast to Christians and Judaists, any Muslims who speak against homosexuality would be allowed to get away with it, no matter how far overboard they go. That seems to be the case in Britain, for example, and if such a double-standard could be maintained over there, there's every chance it'd take place in the US as well. That's another reason why such "hate crime legislation" is truly meaningless, and is merely an attempt to selectively stifle. And that's why those who value free speech need to oppose it.

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