- Last week, as American Jewry mobilized to pressure passage
of the federal hate bill, the bill's momentum in the Senate slowed to a
stop. It's likely liberal Jewish advocacy and homosexual groups wanted
time to pressure the President to renege on his promise to the evangelical
right, to veto the bill. Senate bill S. 1105 is now stalled in Judiciary.
It faces no proposed hearings or schedule for floor action. (See, http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/jewspressurebush.htm
- Jews Pressure Bush to Sign Hate Bill)
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- Meanwhile, the legislative scene in Congress
was full of fireworks. The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and Pelosi
Democrats in the House remain determined to cripple right-wing, conservative,
grassroots activism. Last Tuesday they attempted to rush new grassroots-restricting
legislation through the House Judiciary Committee. The Meehan-Shay bill,
H.R. 2316, would require extensive quarterly reports from Christian/conservative
organizations, possibly including churches. 501(c)3 nonprofits involved
in influencing public policy would have to report all contributions and
names of contributors to the government on penalty of huge fines.
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- Thanks to calls to action-primarily by Focus
on the Family and Family Research Council- thousands of messages of protest
deluged the House. Dr. Dobson reported his organization hand-delivered
130,000 signatures to the Judiciary on Tuesday. The audacity of H.R. 2316
to needlessly expand federal control over non-profits enraged not just
conservatives but even liberal activist groups like the Sierra Club.
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- Their protest plus that from Republicans in
Judiciary were too much for veteran ADL lackey, Chairman John Conyers.
He allowed the most offensive portions of the Meehan-Shay bill to be stripped.
This gave freedom-lovers a powerful victory in Judiciary and preserved
Americans' right to petition the government and mobilize politically at
the grassroots level, without facing the onerous reporting requirements
and restrictions placed on federal lobbies.
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- However, lovers of freedom should continue
to protest to House members. The Democrats will doubtless attempt to reattach
grassroots-crippling language to the bill as it goes forward in the House.
That could happen as early as Thursday.
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- A new breed of fighting Republicans opposes
all speech control and bias crimes legislation. Aggressive liberal legislation
like the Meehan-Shay bill may encounter more resistance than the Democrats
bargained for!
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- Such legislation includes Henry Waxman's H.R.
984 that would require federal executive branch employees to record all
conversations from concerned Americans. It also includes the "Department
of Peace and Non-Violence Act," H.R. 808, which would establish a
massive $8.4 billion a year, liberal "ministry of propaganda"
in America.
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- In my opinion, the mood of controversy and
resistance opposing such legislation is payoff for tens of thousands of
Americans who have besieged Congress with protest for the past four months.
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- "ENDA" Threat Emerges
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- But the need for vigilance does not end. Another
ADL lackey and homosexual activist Rep. Barney Frank recently introduced
ENDA, "The Employment Non-Discrimination Act" (H.R. 2015) into
the House. This far reaching and threatening legislation gives special
rights to homosexuals in the workplace, while depriving Christian employers
of freedom of speech and of the right to hire or fire homosexuals because
of moral objections. Critics especially object to ENDA granting men "in
transition" (from male to female) access to women's bathrooms and
locker rooms! ENDA is "must pass" legislation for Democratsand
a "must defeat" bill for patriots.
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- While the hate bill waits in Judiciary, it
is vital that you protest ENDA and any new grassroots lobbying restrictions
that might be added to the lobbyist reform bill, soon to be voted on in
the House. Call your House member NOW toll free at 1-877-851-6437 or toll
1-202-224-3121 and say:
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- "Please don't vote for 'The Employment Non-Discrimination
Act' (H.R. 2015). It is my privilege, not homosexuals', to determine who
rents my apartment or works in my business.
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- "Please don't vote for the Meehan-Shay bill, H.R.
2316 or any restrictions on grassroots lobbying firms. Such citizen activist
groups have no record of abuse."
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- The hate bill is delayed only to give time
to the Jewish, liberal, and homosexual advocacy groups to respond to the
curve ball of Pres. Bush's threatened veto (and huge protest from Americans
like you). Prominent Jewish-dominated "civil liberties" fronts
such as ADL, ACLU, and People for the American Way are urging their members
to pressure Congress and the President to pass the hate bill. Many other
liberal and even leftist Christian groups are joining them. This remains
a critical time when power brokers in Congress, and even the President,
will test the wind to see which way blows the hardest.
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- Your continuing protest to Congress molds
its actions and reactions more than you might dream. Your calls definitely
forced die-hard hate bill sponsor House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers
to back down. Last week, we won!
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- The House's Democrat majority may well push
more speech and bias crime legislation in the weeks ahead. But victory
in the Senate, where Democrats have a much slimmer margin of advantage,
is a very different matter. Members of Congress must clearly know that
their constituents will punish or reward them for how they vote on bias
crime legislation. As public protest continues and such legislation becomes
increasingly controversial, this "stealth legislation" loses
its chances. It cannot withstand public scrutiny. Continued vocal opposition
also strengthens the President's resolution to veto the hate bill and any
other freedom-stealing legislation, including ENDA.
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- President Bush has a lot of power. But another
veto power is almost as great: a massive thunderous "NO!" by
the American people.
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