- For the past eight years, the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith has tried unsuccessfully to pass its Orwellian federal
"anti-hate" bill. It has failed largely for one reason: Republican
control of Congress.
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- Repeatedly, Republican opponents of their hate bill,
such as Rep. Roy Blunt and Sen. Bill Frist have been able, with Republican
congressional backing, to block passage.
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- With Democrats now in control, such freedom-saving clout
no longer exists. ADL's federal thought crimes bill, "The Local Law
Enforcement Enhancement Act," will be reintroduced soon after January
1. Since no Democrat in Congress has ever voted against the hate bill,
it will pass. Pres. Bush has said he will sign a "modified" hate
bill. If he does, free speech in America will quickly come to an end.
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- Unless, that is, there arises an upheaval of protest
from the American people. How can that happen? Answer: Alternative right-wing
talk radio has helped make it happen before; it can do so again.
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- Spreading Net of Thought Crime Laws
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- Today, from Canada to California, to Europe and Australia,
ADL-inspired "thought crime" laws are stripping nations of free
speech. In Canada and many European countries, it is a crime punishable
by heavy fines and even imprisonment to make use of the internet to criticize
federally protected groups, such as homosexuals and Muslims.
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- A top Canadian "hate laws" senior policy advisor
recently described the power of her country's "speech crime"
tribunal courts: "The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is a quasi-judicial
body. It can force a web to shut down or risk a $10,000 fine--$20,000 in
extreme cases. If one ignores the Tribunal, one can be tried in federal
court for contempt, and risk a 9-month jail sentence for a first-time offense."
(Karen Izzard, quoted in Jewish Tribune, Sept. 21, 2006)
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- English-Turkish cyber-hate expert Prof. Yaman Akdeniz,
speaking at a B'nai B'rith conference on how to end dissent on the net,
rejoices that David Irving is behind bars. He said "continental European
countries such as Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary,
Austria and Belgium have strong anti-hate laws, which have resulted in
the imprisonment of hate-mongers. In Holland, 657 websites were removed.
And in Germany, more than 700 hate websites were shut down." (ibid)
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- In England, two men who publicly described Islam as a
"wicked faith" were indicted under Britain's anti-hate law and
are fighting to avoid seven years in prison. The ADL-influenced British
hate law stipulates that truth cannot be admitted as evidence in court.
Only the complaints by members of specially protected groups who say their
feelings have been hurt will be allowed. David Irving languishes in an
Austrian prison primarily because he was forbidden to bring truth to the
court in his defense.
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- NPN Helped Hold Back Hate Laws
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- Congressional Republicans have played a decisive role
in keeping hate laws from similarly binding America. But there is another
factor: the consistent resistance and education provided over the last
27 years by the National Prayer Network. Here is a brief history of NPN's
role and my part as its director.
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- In 1988, after ADL held its definitive Hofstra conference
on "verbal violence," I realized ADL wanted jurisdiction over
all hate crimes definitions, education, enforcement, and statistics gathering
for the federal government. They intended to seize control through passage
of their Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990. I responded by creating a
powerful brochure, "Will Hate Laws Make You a Lawbreaker?" which
NPN sent to many thousands of key opinionmakers.
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- Ultimately, we failed. Congress passed the act and ADL
now dominates the federal hate crimes agenda all the way down to every
local police precinct in America.
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- Also, during the 1990s, ADL persuaded about 46 states
to adopt some version of its "Model Hate Crimes Statute." These
are backup "sleeper" state hate laws that can be used by ADL
in lieu of a federal hate law, which is their ultimate dream.
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- Where were the New Right watchdogs during the 10-year
period when ADL created a federal hate crimes agenda and made hate crimes
law for most states? There was no organized consistent opposition apart
from some excellent research on the danger of hate laws done by Robert
L. Knight. This was used in sporadic alerts by New Right organizations
including Concerned Women for America, Focus on the Family, and the efforts
of Dr. D. James Kennedy, who was pivotal in publicizing Knight's research
to help defeat a federal hate bill in 2000 (See, "How
Dr. D. James Kennedy Helped Save Free Speech").
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- Sounding the Alarm
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- In 2000, my wife Alynn and I produced an 80-minute video
documentary, Hate Laws: Making Criminals of Christians. With much documentation
provided by Canadian free speech leader Paul Fromm and a stellar review
from Michael Collins Piper of the American Free Press newspaper, many thousands
of this groundbreaking video circulated throughout America and the world.
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- Also, hand writing every address, NPN sent 12,500 copies
of my brochure to every state legislator and virtually every member of
Congress, plus about eight of each of their key legislative staffers.
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- Yes, these were small beginnings. But at last, a consistent
educational program against hate laws was underway.
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- Not a moment too soon! In the spring of 2002, ADL expected
easy passage of its hate bill by the Senate. Yet Jim Tucker of American
Free Press told me that when he attended the National Press Club at that
time, reporters were abuzz with how much unusually educated protest against
hate laws was bombarding members of Congress.
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- Emboldened by the public outcry, a handful of spirited
Republican senators demanded discussion of the bill on the floor of the
Senate. That's the last thing Tom Daschle and the ADL wanted. They shelved
the bill for the year.
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- Taking to the Airwaves
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- In the spring of 2004 NPN and the religious right were
shocked to learn ADL had quickly and quietly passed its hate bill by a
vote of 65-33 in the Senate.
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- I was desperate to defeat the hate bill, but how? The
only glimmer of hope was in burgeoning alternative talk radio. For a week,
I phoned 1,400 talk radio stations in America, gleaning the names of about
350 Christian conservative talk show hosts. I sent them our hate laws brochure
and an offer of a free video. Only five responded.
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- Then I heard of popular talk show host Pastor Ernie Sanders.
He shared my burden and allowed me to speak on his program many times to
alert his vast listening audience. The late Dr. David Wolfe soon did the
same on the Genesis radio network, as did Bill Brumbaugh of First Amendment
Radio. During the summer of 2004, as the hate bill was headed for conference,
many other talk show hosts allowed me to speak. A wave of angry protest
assaulted Congress. Result: Again, House Republicans, under Rep. Roy Blunt,
encouraged defeat of the hate bill on Oct. 8, 2004.
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- ADL Goes Berserk
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- What happened next is still beyond belief. ADL was enraged
by our defeat of their cherished thought crimes bill. On Sunday, Oct. 10,
through their National Executive Board member, Philadelphia District Attorney
Lynne Abraham, they arrested 11 Christians peacefully evangelizing at a
large gay pride rally in downtown Philadelphia. One of the charges against
the Christians was the "hate crime" of criticizing homosexuals.
Total possible penalties: 47 years in prison and $90,000 fines each. (See,
"Eleven
Christians Jailed For Criticizing Homosexuality")
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- Realizing God had given ADL into our hands, I took the
offensive on dozens of national radio talk shows, some with Michael Marcavage,
head of the "Philly 11." He and his lawyers were also extensively
interviewed. Some New Right organizations, such as Concerned Women for
America and WorldNetDaily, alerted millions. Despite silence from the mainstream
media, we were able to trumpet news of this outrage to the entire astonished
world.
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- International indignation against Abraham and the corrupt
Philly government became so great that Abraham (herself soon the defendant
in a wrongful arrest and imprisonment suit) was glad to allow a fair-minded
judge and jury to drop the case against the Christians.
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- In my opinion, ADL's rash action against the "Philly
11" was the greatest blunder in their 89-year history. It allowed
me, in the next year and half, to speak on nearly 200 talk shows. For the
first time, millions of Americans were made aware of how ADL has silenced
free speech in Canada and desires the same stranglehold in America.
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- Incredibly, however, most of the largest Christian conservative
organizations gave minimum, or very belated, exposure to what happened
in Philadelphia. To this hour, they have failed to provide any long-term
education on the threat of thought crimes legislation.
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- Threat of Hate Bill Returns
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- Although we defeated the hate bill twice, the House in
the fall of 2004 made recommendation by a nonbinding vote of 213 to 186
in favor of the hate bill. The next time the hate bill came to the House
for a vote, it would surely pass. That's exactly what happened.
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- In October 2005, after only 45 minutes of discussion,
the House passed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act as a rider on a Republican-generated
bill to protect children from pedophiles.
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- The blitzkrieg speed of the bill's passage deeply shocked
evangelicals and conservatives. They thought House Republicans would never
allow it to happen. Beverly LaHaye of Concerned Women for America sputtered
that passage was "inexplicable." If she and other evangelical
leaders had listened to my warnings over the past year, they would have
known passage was not surprising at all, but predicted.
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- The New Right quickly mobilized. It encouraged millions
of Christians and conservatives to protest with calls to their senators
and Bill Frist, Senate Majority leader. Impressive as was this response,
I knew it could not win. The battle would be decided in the Senate Judiciary
Committee, where, hopelessly, it seemed, Republicans against the hate bill
were outnumbered 10-8.
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- On at least 50 talk shows, the most important of which
were those with Jeff Rense, I instructed hundreds of thousands of patriots
to do what few had ever asked before: Come to www.truthtellers.org for
a complete list of the 18 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Countless
patriots, eager to save freedom, called protesting the hate bills.
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- Having saturated Judiciary for two weeks, I then posted
the names of all 100 Senators, and again a vast number of patriots called
each one.
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- In short, between an outpouring of calls generated by
the New Right and myself-and a divinely imposed madness on the part of
Sen. Kennedy, sponsor of the hate bill who gave up support of the bill
in Judiciary at the last minute-the hate bill was defeated. (See, "Federal Hate Bill
Virtually Dead ")
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- Hate Bill Still a Threat
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- Yet, contrary to what most believed, the hate bill was
not dead. Sen. Kennedy still had power to revive it on the floor of the
Senate-reattaching it to the children's bill just as soon as Sen. Frist
brought this much-needed legislation before the Senate.
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- As a result, Frist (unbeknownst to supporters of the
children's bill, such as Bill O'Reilly of Fox News and John Walsh of America's
Most Wanted) would not let the children's bill onto the floor of the Senate.
He would not allow Kennedy the opportunity to stand to his feet and demand
reattachment of his hate bill to the children's legislation. Frist knew
that if Kennedy got that opportunity, the Senate, having voted overwhelmingly
65-33 for the hate bill the previous spring, would certainly support Kennedy
and pass it.
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- This standoff of Senate titans continued through the
fall and then the winter session of Congress. Supporters of the children's
bill, like Kathie Lee Gifford, O'Reilly and Walsh, unaware of the real
reason for its delay, began making angry demands that Frist get the children's
bill moving. Frist was mum concerning his real reasons for delay and wouldn't
budge. He knew the extreme danger and power of Kennedy to pass the hate
bill if the children's bill came before the Senate.
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- Finally, as tension was becoming almost explosive, I
sent out my e-alert explaining to the nation that the only reason the children's
bill was bottled up was because of Kennedy's determination to have his
hate bill attached to it.
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- Less than two days later, O'Reilly exploded on Fox News,
furiously accusing Kennedy of the obstructionism which I had described.
Tens of thousands of calls flooded Kennedy's office. I also generated many
thousands to all members of the Senate, opposing the hate bill. When Kennedy
publicly announced his abandonment of attempts to pass the hate bill, I
knew we had witnessed another mighty deliverance from God.
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- A Dangerous Time
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- Humanly speaking, these victories were primarily made
possible because of the presence and integrity of Sen. Bill Frist and core
Republicans in leadership of Congress.
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- Frist is now gone as Senate majority leader, replaced
by no other than Sen. Harry Reid, co-sponsor with Kennedy of the Senate
version of the hate bill. Similarly, House majority leader Nancy Pelosi
is another long-term hate bill supporter, a pipeline from San Francisco
gay activism. Such liberals and ADL lackeys are as determined to pass the
hate bill as Frist was to impede it.
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- Now, with more than enough votes from Democrats and turncoat
Republicans, it is a virtual certainty that ADL's dream legislation will
be approved and move America toward a Big Brother police state.
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- Considering the lack of focus and inattention of the
New Right and Christian evangelicals in opposing hate crimes laws, we cannot
count on them to provide an offensive proactive program of resistance.
Yes, they will react eventually but only at the last moment. Their stop-gap
response will almost certainly be too little, too late.
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- Alternative talk radio, especially the Genesis and Republic
networks, speaks to hundreds of thousands of focused activists. It still
holds the brightest possibility, in my opinion, for another deliverance.
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- That is, if the talk show hosts will put me on the air.
The reason I have dwelt at length on the record of myself and NPN is not
to boast. Rather, it is to remind talk show hosts of my unique ability
to explain the background and danger of hate laws and to generate effective
protest to Congress.
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- It's true, especially of late, that I have had to become
very critical of Jewish activism, Talmudic Judaism, and Israel. Some talk
hosts may say, "I can't put Ted Pike on-ADL will make trouble and
I'll lose stations!"
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- The truth is, talk show hosts, if you don't put me on
and let me fight for your free speech, soon you'll lose not just a few
stations-you'll lose everything.
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- With Republicans out of power, Congress must be besieged
with protest as never before. With this in mind, the issue is not, "Do
I dare put Ted Pike on the air?" Instead, the issue is, "Do I
dare not to?"
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- The federal hate bill, if passed, will eventually end
free speech in public life and on the internet-the lifeline of communication
for talk radio to the world at large. Effective opposition in this time
of crisis begins with prayer for God's help. Yet you must also educate
yourself, your friends, and churches. Here's what you can do:
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- 1. Read these backgrounder
articles on hate laws:
- New
Hate Bill: Obituary for Talk Radio
- New Federal 'Hate' Bill Means Funeral of Free Speech
- Don't
Be Hoodwinked by 'Anti-Hate' Bill S.1145!
- David Irving, like Galileo, Victim of 'Thought Crimes' Inquisition
- The Real Motive Behind the 'Department of Global Anti-Semitism'
- Global Hate Crimes Gestapo Being Created
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- 2. Watch Hate Laws: Making Criminals of Christians
at Google. DVDs may be purchased for $24.90 online at truthtellers.org
or by calling 503-631-3808.
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- 3. Read the hate law bill, with detailed analysis
from Ted Pike, at truthtellers.org. (Here, Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2005 [S. 1145])
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- 4. Call your re-elected incumbent (202-225-3121)
and new members of Congress and urge them not to vote for any hate crimes
legislation.
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- 5. Call your favorite talk shows and urge them
to put me on the air.
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- TALK SHOW HOSTS -
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With democrats controlling Congress, their federal "anti-hate"
law will be passed. If the President signs it, your career as a free speech
talk show host will soon end.
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- Hate laws have destroyed free speech broadcasting in
Canada, Europe, and Australia. You are next.
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- That is, unless you take action NOW to help create a
tidal wave of protest to Congress.
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- The best way to do this to explain in depth how 'hate
laws' take away freedom.
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- Result: Against all odds, the 'hate' bill has been repeatedly
defeated.
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- The threat is much greater today. An explosion of
protest must erupt, intimidating ADL/B'nai B'rith and the homosexual lobby,
architects of this Big Brother legislation, and preventing introduction
of such a bill in January.
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- If the 'hate' bill passes, a year or two from now you
may still be on talk radio, as are many hosts in Canada. But if you criticize
homosexuality, Islam or Zionism, or allow a guest to do so, you will face
harsh fines and possible imprisonment. Your station will lose its
broadcast license.
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- The alternative is to educate your listeners immediately. Only
by taking decisive action can you hope to continue doing what you love.
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- Don't "wait and see." Don't be afraid of the
ADL. Go on the offensive. Start by reading the following article:
"Democrats' Control Means Hate Bill Will Pass."
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- It's now or never.
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- For interviews with Ted Pike, please call 503-631-3808.
- National Prayer Network, PO Box 828, Clackamas, OR 97015
- www.truthtellers.org
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