- The hate crimes bill was struck from the federal arms
bill and that's worth half a party. I say half because it was struck down
thanks to God, not wise legislators or American protest. The House passed
this bill 237 to 180; the Senate passed it 60 to 39. That's a lot of stupid,
swindled or evil legislators.
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- Hate crime laws will do nothing to protect
Americans from violent crimes-crimes that are already, of course, illegal.
They will instead choke law enforcement with the difficult and inappropriate
job of determining and punishing motivations behind crime. They will empower
the government to punish and prosecute beliefs and speech. We've gone over
this before (See, http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/11reasons.html - Top
11 Reasons You Should Fight Hate Laws). We've said repeatedly that, as
cases in Canada and Europe prove, hate laws only prosecute certain "hatreds"
and "bias." Bias against Christians isn't among them!
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- In Colorado, four people are dead after
two shootings by a gunman who hated believers and published anti-Christian
rants on the web. Two Christians were killed at a missionary training
center. Twelve hours later, two teenage girls were killed and others sustained
gunshots at a mega church founded by deposed evangelical leader Ted Haggard.
Many more would have died if a brave (and praying!) security officer had
not killed the gunman.
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- Need I say what would happen if these
violent crimes had been committed at two synagogues? Cries of "Hate
crime!" would have been instant. The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, architect of hate laws worldwide, would have been quoted in every
major newspaper, demanding increased attention to hate crimes and laws
for the poor victims of "anti-Semitic" religious hatred. We know
this because hate law advocates exploit every potential hate crime, inflate
every statistic, and cry bloody murder at every possible chance--always
seeking to inflame public emotion in favor of these laws. One can only
imagine the hand-wringing, the ceremonies, the well-funded documentaries
linking this horrible crime with mistreatment of the chosen people throughout
history.
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- But what happened to the Christian victims?
The day after the shootings, BBC ran the story on the front of their "Americas"
page. Their report had not a whisper about hate crimes. USA Today headlined
the story on page 1A. Their article also contained no mention of a potential
hate crime. The ADL, ever eager to shriek "hate crime," didn't
even mention the shooting on their ostensibly anti-hate website. Conversely,
they were quick to respond to the alleged subway attack on four students
(in which no one died) because it might have been "anti-Semitic."
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- About the slaying of the Christians,
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter was quoted: "Violent crimes of any sort
are tragic enough, but when innocent people are killed in a religious facility
or a place of worship, we must voice a collective sense of outrage and
demonstrate a renewed commitment to keeping our communities safe."
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- Sounds nice. But again, the governor
made no mention of the hatred driving the gunman's grisly spree. It's not
like Ritter doesn't know about hate laws. In 2000, as a member of the House
Judiciary Committee, the governor spoke in favor of increased hate crime
laws at the federal level. In May, Ritter signed an ENDA-type bill into
Colorado law, making it illegal to "discriminate" against homosexuals
or transgenders in hiring or firing. But when it comes to Christians,
where's the love?
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- Don't misunderstand: I'm against hate
laws I'm against special protection for evangelicals, homosexuals,
or anyone else. I'm just pointing out the inconsistency among those who
do advocate these laws. They're faster than falcons to cry "hate crime"
over any suspicious action, word, or even symbol (a noose, anyone?) erected
against a racial minority, Jew or homosexual. But Christians get no defense.
Again, that's because these laws are meant to enforce certain beliefs--to
legitimize homosexuality and Jewish supremacism, for example--and silence
those who disagree, like Bible-believing Christians. They're not about
justice.
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- ABC's news story notes, "Haggard and
the New Life Church had links to Youth With A Mission. The two groups worked
together on a controversial missionary program that focused on converting
people in Muslim countries to Christianity." Despite pointing
out that missionary activities might stimulate hate in many people, ABC
doesn't hint that the shooting spree against this Christian church could
be a hate crime. Maybe that's because their news writers share that emotion.
They see bias against Christians as good sense, not hate.
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- For ADL, every act or word that might
even be construed as anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist or anti-Israel is described
as assaulting Jewry worldwide and is linked with historical sagas of irrational
hatred of Jews. Meanwhile, Christians are killed in countless nations and
freely slandered and censored here--and I hear no outcry from the "Anti-Defamation"
League, no outburst from media against "rising Christophobia"
or the scourge of "anti-Christianity" in the world.
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- The Colorado shooter said he hated Christians
for causing so much of the pain in the world. This has been a pretty common
theme of late. Many elite opinion makers have been blaming "religious
extremism," especially that of Christians, for historical wars, oppression,
and evil. Should we press hate charges against these thinkers for inciting
the Colorado shooter to violence? Don't expect the ADL to march for that
anytime soon!
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- The UK Guardian recently ran a good
column against hate crime legislation . It asks that law enforcers not
be turned into thought police. It leads with these words, "There is
a book widely available in Britain that openly incites hatred of gay men.
They are, it says, 'an abomination' and 'shall surely be put to death'.
The book is Leviticus - a holy text for millions of people worldwide."
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- This is a key to why the Colorado Christians
aren't championed as victims of hate. Hate law advocates think Christians
are hateful, racist, proselytizing (that's a dirty word) homophobes. They
are the spreaders of hate, not potential hate crime victims!
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- Remember, we live in a nation with an
elite culture that considers Christianity more dangerous than homosexuality.
At a recent movie awards show, mega-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt
presented a parody of Larry Craig's disgrace--making a joke out of men
seeking anonymous sex with other men in public bathrooms. Yeah, that kind
of behavior is clearly nothing to worry about. The real worry is Christian
"Bible bashers" who might express "hateful" moral judgments
or "bias" against people who engage in such behaviors!
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- That's why you won't see parades turn
out to commemorate Colorado's Christian "hate victims." That's
why someday, not too far away, lawmakers will throw Christians in prison
for owning the Bible (hate literature).
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- Opposing Christianity isn't hate, after
all. It's just good sense.
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