The Good Xtians at the American Family Association sure do hate the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill

[marmar]

from the AFA's OneNewsNow propaganda service:



Conservatives urged to protest 'hate-crimes' bill today
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 7/9/2009 6:00:00


Today is National "Stop S. 909" Day.

The American Family Association, Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, and other conservative activist groups are urging their supporters to call, e-mail, fax, or visit their senators today to express their disapproval of S. 909, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Senate Bill 909). The bill would authorize the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute certain bias-motivated crimes based on the victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.

Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., a member of the conservative coalition known as the Arlington Group, says the measure would have a chilling effect on the religious liberty of pastors.

"Back in 2006, (Democratic Representative) Artur Davis from Alabama, who will be running for governor by the way in that great state, made a statement to (Representative) Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) in a (House) subcommittee meeting that a pastor could be held liable or (as) a co-conspirator of sorts in a hate crime if we found out that his preaching and teaching incited -- according to their thinking -- someone to commit a violent act against someone that is gay," Jackson explains.

In the previous Congress, Senate Democrats tried to add hate-crimes legislation as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill. Many conservative activists expect that will be attempted again before the August recess.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=596562

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Why would a pastor be preaching to go out and commit acts of violence? No very Christ like, is it?

Those that claim to be such Christians really need to take a look at that book of theirs again. :eyes:

[billyoc]

2. No, but Oh, so profitable.

[DeSwiss]

3. "...a pastor could be held liable or...

...(as) a co-conspirator of sorts in a hate crime if we found out that his preaching and teaching incited -- according to their thinking -- someone to commit a violent act against someone that is gay." -- Bishop Harry T. Jackson


And there's the rub right there, for Bishop Harry. He wants to be able to flap his poisonous lips and to say anything that he wants to up there in that holy pulpit of his. Fomenting his hatred and his division... until one of his "looser screws" flies off the handle and goes out and kills someone. All because of his ignorant, flapping gums. And if that happens, he wants deny-ability. He want to be able to keep blaming the devil for these crimes of his, or to be able to say that its just another one of those "mysterious ways" of that schizophrenic, Bronze-Age desert storm god of his.

Whatever happened to all those Christian martyrs of old? The ones the lions ate? All died-out, did they? It doesn't seem like he's got much courage of his convictions either, does it? He doesn't seem to have sufficient faith in his god, that he's willing to sacrifice for. To defy secular laws and stand on principle. And risk lawsuits and prison. But he's perfectly willing to let someone else be sacrificed. Isn't he?

- What a lowly piece of human detritus.....

K&R