Crime is Crime, Stupid!
Or the title could be "Bring in the Thought Police". Because that is what the "Hate Crime" Bill is.
Stop right there brainiac! Crime is Crime, whether it is motivated by no reason at all or by hate. So what difference does it make, if a crime was commit, make the arrest and let a jury of his/her peers decide. When we get into the realm of trying to determine the underlying motivating factor of the crime, then we are asking for the Thought Police to determine the thoughts behind our actions.
No, the "right-wing fundamentalists" are correct in that this bill has nothing to do with preventing "hate" crimes and has all to do with trying to stifle their freedom of speaking out against homosexuals. When Leftards can't argue against the truth, they try to stop the public discourse on the subject by passing inane laws or hiding behind their favorite speech stoppage tool, Political Correctness. And since the homos hate the idea of Christians speaking out against their chosen lifestyle and sexual practices, thus they are pushing for this bill heavily.
Oh, and since brainiac claims that the Constitution protects the people against violence based on "race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, religion or national origin" (which it doesn't, just race) he ought to try reading the very first Amendment to the Constitution:
Mr Minority
(CNSNews.com) - As the Senate prepares to vote on legislation that would expand the categories of "hate crimes," a group of civil rights leaders on Tuesday called opponents of the measure "right-wing fundamentalists" with "often-bigoted agendas."
A coalition of conservative Christians said at a press conference held the same day that the bill is "unjust" and "an attempt to take away the rights of Christians to speak out and express their freedom of speech."
"Our effort to expand the coverage of the federal hate crimes statute is based on issues of simple fairness, simple justice," Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), said during a telephone news conference.
"We think that hate crime violence directed at individuals because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, religion or national origin fundamentally violates our understanding of what it means to be protected by the U.S. Constitution," he stated.
Stop right there brainiac! Crime is Crime, whether it is motivated by no reason at all or by hate. So what difference does it make, if a crime was commit, make the arrest and let a jury of his/her peers decide. When we get into the realm of trying to determine the underlying motivating factor of the crime, then we are asking for the Thought Police to determine the thoughts behind our actions.
No, the "right-wing fundamentalists" are correct in that this bill has nothing to do with preventing "hate" crimes and has all to do with trying to stifle their freedom of speaking out against homosexuals. When Leftards can't argue against the truth, they try to stop the public discourse on the subject by passing inane laws or hiding behind their favorite speech stoppage tool, Political Correctness. And since the homos hate the idea of Christians speaking out against their chosen lifestyle and sexual practices, thus they are pushing for this bill heavily.
Oh, and since brainiac claims that the Constitution protects the people against violence based on "race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, religion or national origin" (which it doesn't, just race) he ought to try reading the very first Amendment to the Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech...
Mr Minority
