hate crimes

By Carrie K. Hutchens • November 7th, 2009

By Carrie K. Hutchens
 
Gary Harvey is the brain injured man from New York, who seems to have his own private “death panel” determined to kill him off and to make his and his wife’s life as miserable as possible, until the sentence is carried out.  One might think it could get no worse than it [...] Read more »

From the South Dakota Family Policy Council’s 2008 general election voter guide on hate crimes, comparing Senator Tim Johnson with Republican challenger Joel Dykstra:
Support S Amdt 3035 to HR 1585 (2007), which funded the prosecution of hate crimes?Tim Johnson: YJoel Dykstra: N

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From the South Dakota Family Policy Council’s 2008 general election voter guide on hate crimes legislation:
Support HR 1592 (2007), which enhanced punishments for hate crimes committed out of bias against victims’ sexual preferences?
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin: YChris Lien: N

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Fire Reported At Fred Phelps’ ChurchTopeka Congregation Known For Funeral Protests
POSTED: 9:14 am CDT August 3, 2008
UPDATED: 9:21 am CDT August 3, 2008
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Topeka Fire Department is investigating a small fire outside of a church whose members protest at soldiers’ funerals.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a fence and garage at Westboro Baptist [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of The Christian Post
By Katherine T. PhanChristian Post ReporterFri, Jul. 25 2008 01:36 PM EDT
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out language that expanded the state’s hate crime law to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
The top state court upheld a November 2007 ruling by the Commonwealth Court, which had struck [...] Read more »

Unless we turn around this trend, the First Amendment freedoms of speech and religion are headed for the door in America.
Liberals have for some time been pushing for the United States, the world leader in freedom, to be like other nations. We would therefore be wise to stay abreast of developments in other nations that [...] Read more »

From LifeSiteNews comes a report of Alberta pastor Stephen Boissoin being fined $7,000 by the Alberta Human Rights Commission. What was his terrible crime? He uttered non-state-approved speech.
Pastor Boissoin sent a letter to the editor of a newspaper in which he said homosexuality is immoral and dangerous, and questioned the wisdom of new homosexual [...] Read more »

You know, I’ve never understood “love crimes” as they relate to “hate crimes,” but maybe I’m just slow.
I’ve also never understood why the law should consider the same crime more heinous because it was theoretically motivated by hate of the victim’s physical characteristics…or in the case of neo-”hate crime” law, because of the victim’s sexual [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of The Christian Post
By Aaron LeichmanChristian Post ReporterFri, May. 30 2008 05:57 PM ET
Pro-family advocates criticized a new Colorado law, calling it the “Pandora’s box” of what they said would be a stream of future cases involving sexual predators.
Senate Bill 200 was signed into law Thursday and is meant to combat discrimination. [...] Read more »

Even if he has a chance to implement it, Barack Obama’s radical vision for a completely new society won’t be enough for homosexual activists.
You’re going to have to LIKE IT.
A couple of years ago, judicial oligarchs in Massachussets torpedoed marriage in that state. Now a different group of judicial activists have done the same in [...] Read more »

For those who don’t believe hate crime laws in the United States are going to have a devastating effect on the First Amendment, you need to wake up and smell the coffee.
I’ve been cataloging incidents in Canada and England where hate crime legislation is being used to silence speech, quash religious freedom, and prosecute individuals [...] Read more »

How much is it worth to you to keep your moral values? Is it worth $23,000?
When Christians express concerns that “hate crime” laws will quash freedom, many in our culture don’t think anything like this can happen. They believe the stated intent of “hate crime” laws: to protect from discrimination.
Ignoring for a moment the nonsense [...] Read more »

We are often told that “hate crime” legislation is only intended to protect homosexuals (and other “minority” groups).
On principle, “hate crime” legislation is not only unnecessary but un-American.
If someone murders another person, they have committed an egregious crime worthy of full punishment under the law. Whether the murderer “hated” the victim is irrelevant. Whether [...] Read more »

HAARLEM, The Netherlands, April 16 /Christian Newswire/ — Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands Harry Kney-Tal today presented members of the Netherlands’ ten Boom family with a certificate posthumously honoring two of its members for saving nearly 800 Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
At a solemn ceremony here, Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ [...] Read more »

WASHINGTON, April 2/ — Upwards of 2,000 people gathered today for the rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in support of Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City), reportedly spilling over onto all levels of the Rotunda. Rep. Kern has stood firm in the face of harassment and threats over statements she made regarding the homosexual [...] Read more »

One of the reasons Christians and other conservatives so strongly oppose “hate crime” laws in the United States is because they are already being used in other countries to silence points of view that the government considers unwelcome.
Consider this case in Canada reported by WorldNetDaily:
The Canadian government has ordered a Christian ministry that teaches doctrine [...] Read more »

About the video:
Hate crime laws now threaten free speech and religious liberty nationwide and threaten those who speak out against homosexuality.
“Hate … all » Crimes Laws:” Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians is a provocative look at this disturbing and threatening legal tool of the homosexual lobby. Hosted by Tony Perkins, President of the Family [...] Read more »

About the video:
Hate crime laws now threaten free speech and religious liberty nationwide and threaten those who speak out against homosexuality.
“Hate … all » Crimes Laws:” Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians is a provocative look at this disturbing and threatening legal tool of the homosexual lobby. Hosted by Tony Perkins, President of the Family [...] Read more »

About the video:
Hate crime laws now threaten free speech and religious liberty nationwide and threaten those who speak out against homosexuality.
“Hate … all » Crimes Laws:” Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians is a provocative look at this disturbing and threatening legal tool of the homosexual lobby. Hosted by Tony Perkins, President of the Family [...] Read more »

About the video:
Hate crime laws now threaten free speech and religious liberty nationwide and threaten those who speak out against homosexuality.
“Hate … all » Crimes Laws:” Censoring the Church and Silencing Christians is a provocative look at this disturbing and threatening legal tool of the homosexual lobby. Hosted by Tony Perkins, President of the Family [...] Read more »

The tragic murder of Matthew Shepard turns him into an icon for “hate crime” legislation. Ironically, when people in “protected” groups commit “hate crimes,” there is no outcry from the same sources.

About the video:
Hate crime laws now threaten free speech and religious liberty nationwide and threaten those who speak out against homosexuality.
“Hate … all [...] Read more »