January 17, 2007
Hate Crimes Bill (HR254)
| Host: | Jim Schneider |
| Guest: | Michael Marcavage |
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Michael Marcavage is the president of Repent America.
Jim, Michael and callers discussed HR254, The Hate Crimes Bill, which currently sits in the judiciary committee. This proposed piece of legislation was introduced on January 5th.
Under this bill, if you commit a crime against a minority, such as a homosexual, then you may be considered guilty of a hate crime. The problem with this logic is that every crime is an act of hate, therefore if this legislation passes, it could end up being used for the criminalization of thought and speech. This may result in the criminalizing of Christians who merely disagree with and speak out against homosexuality.
More Information
To contact Repent America:
http://www.repentamerica.com
1-800-3REPENT
Action Points
Contacts to make your views known about HR254, The Hate Crimes Bill, which will include sexual orientation as a protected group, thus leading to the criminalizing of Christians who merely disagree with and speak out against homosexuality, just as has already taken place in Canada which passed similar legislation.
To contact your congressman:
202-225-3121
To contact president Bush
202-456-1111
202-456-1414
