- Many concerned Americans, recoiling from House and Senate
passage of the federal hate crimes bill this spring, are tempted to think
it's useless to resist new hate crimes legislation. This includes ENDA,
the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and the Megan Meier Cyberbullying
Prevention Act now moving forward in the House Judiciary Committee.
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- Nothing could be further from the truth.
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- A Reuters' report, "Lawmakers Seek Survival in Unpopular
Congress," Sept.6, indicates that Democrats in Congress, especially
after being battered in town halls all summer and with an unimproved economy,
view themselves as an endangered species.
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- This means that, if subjected to renewed protest, Democrats
might be persuaded to pull back from support of even more pro-homosexual,
freedom-destroying hate crime bills slated to advance this month. Such
anti-family initiatives include final passage and signing into law of the
federal hate crimes bill.
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- How shaky is Democrats' security in Congress? Reuters:
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- Political survival will be high on lawmakers' minds when
the Democrat-led US Congress returns to work on Tuesday amid widespread
voter dissatisfaction with its performancemany incumbents, both Democrat
and Republican, are beginning to worry about holding onto their seats in
the November 2010 electionPolls show only about one-third of Americans
approve of how lawmakers are doingSurveys find voters have a dim view of
both parties but history suggests Obama's Democrats face greater risks
because they control Congress and the White House.
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- Reuters quotes Dean Debnam of Public Policy Polling,
a private firm.
- "There's a lot of discontent out there and when
that's the case, the party in power pretty inevitably gets the blame."
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- Reuters says a recent poll by Debnam's company "underscores
the anti-incumbent mood. It found that only 47 percent of voters say they
would vote to re-elect their member of Congress. Incumbents have long received
upward of 60 percent of the voteThe poor poll figures frustrate Democrats
who have touted the major legislation they passed with Obama's help"
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- Ethan Siegal of the Washington Exchange, a private firm
that tracks Congress for institutional investors, is quoted as saying that
financial matters by far top voters' concern. 'Until the economy turns
around, Congress' ratings are going to be in the dumpster.'"
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- Meanwhile, homosexual online newspaper Washington Blade
says continuing healthcare debate may slow movement of Obama's pro-homosexual,
pro-hate bill agenda. ("More Delays in Congress? Healthcare Debate
Seen as Latest Obstacle to Advancing LGBT Bills," Washington Blade,
Sept. 4) The House and Senate committees working on ENDA are also preoccupied
with healthcare. Nevertheless, the Blade says the House Education and Labor
Committee is set this month to hold a hearing and markup of this legislation.
The Blade quotes Alison Herwitt, the homosexual Human Rights Campaign legislative
director, predicting the federal hate crimes bill will be out of conference
and up for final floor vote later this month and then go to Pres. Obama
for signing.
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- One Last Opportunity
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- The Blade complains of the unexpected delay the healthcare
debate has already brought to passage of at least three pro-homosexual
bills. What it doesn't mention is that timely and vigorous protest this
spring also delayed the hate bill nearly three months in the Senate, forcing
Senate Judiciary Democrats to pass the hate bill as an amendment to the
defense authorization bill. I was told by Sen. Kennedy's office that he
strongly disapproved of the amendment route because it opened the possibility
of veto by the President of the defense/hate bill combination.
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- We can make Kennedy's fears a reality if America now,
more than ever, opposes final signing of the hate bill and all Democrat-sponsored
hate and bias crime initiatives.
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- It's time to ride the rising crest of anti-Democrat sentiment
by letting Congress know that the people hate every kind of hate bill coming
forward and will punish, in the midterms, all who vote for them.
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- Here's how you, this month, can help stop emerging hate
and bias legislation:
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- 1. Call all members of the House Judiciary Committee
(names listed on the <http://www.truthtellers.org/actionplan.html>Action
Page of <http://www.truthtellers.org/>Truthtellers.org). Say, "I
protest passage of more anti-freedom hate crimes legislation. These include
the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), S. 1584/H.R. 3017; and the
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, H.R. 1966."
- 2. Call your Senators and House members with the above
message. Call 1-877-851-6437 toll-free or 1-202-225-3121 toll.
- 3. Fax or write Pres. Obama: "Mr. President,
we will never forgive or forget if you sign the freedom-stealing, pedophile-protecting
hate bill." (write 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20500; fax
1-202-456-2461)
- 4. Fax or write Pres. Obama: "Mr. President,
please veto the outdated, wasteful defense appropriations bill."
- 5. Print and make copies of NPN's new flyer. Distribute
as widely as possible.
- <http://www.truthtellers.org/ObamaVetoHB.pdf> <http://www.truthtellers.org/ObamaVetoHB.pdf>(Click
Here to Download New NPN Flyer)
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- For the past year, I have predicted that if the hate
bill passed the House and Senate it would invite a flood of other hate
bills. Our enemy is now all pending hate bills.
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- Too busy to do everything I have listed above? At the
very least call your Senate and House members every day with this statement:
"Please don't vote for any hate or bias legislation, particularly
the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S. 1584/H.R. 3017."
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