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U.S. House Passes Pro-Homosexual “Hate Crimes” Bill

25 Repubs join 212 Dems to Add “Sexual Orientation” to “Hate Crimes” Categories

Conservatives only see an “outside chance” measure can be derailed in the Senate…

People in all 50 states have signed up to tell their senators and the President they OPPOSE special “hate crimes” protection for sexually deviant behavior!

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[Family Policy Network – May 3, 2007] – The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to extend special protections to homosexuals, cross-dressers and other people involved in sexual perversions by passing the “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act” (a.k.a. H.R. 1592). The proposal adds the term “sexual orientation” to the list of federally protected “hate crimes” categories, and would make it more of a crime to harm certain people on the basis of their sexually-deviant behavior.

In the days leading up to House passage, several Christian leaders warned the proposal will have a chilling impact on religious free speech if it becomes law. Citing these concerns, Republican lawmakers attempted to add amendments to the “hate crimes” bill that would guarantee religious liberties would not be affected. Democrats rejected the amendments on a party line vote in committee.

Democrat leaders in the House of Representatives held the “hate crimes” vote on the National Day of Prayer; a day on which millions of Americans pray for the restoration of Christian values in America. Nevertheless, Congress approved the pro-homosexual measure by a vote of 237 to 180. There were only 14 Democrats voting against the bill and 25 Republicans who voted for it. Another 6 Democrats and 10 Republicans failed to cast a vote.

Family Policy Network President Joe Glover questioned the true aims of homosexual activists seeking “hate crimes” protection, saying, “The thing that makes violent crimes against homosexuals so extraordinary is that they’re so extraordinary. – – These crimes don’t happen nearly as often as many other types of crime.” He added, “If homosexual activists were truly concerned about protecting themselves from violence, they would propose a ‘passion-crimes’ law, since same-sex domestic violence claims twice as many victims as the so-called ‘hate crimes’ do.”

Despite intense efforts by pro-family groups to educate Americans about the dangers of extending special protections to victims on the basis of private sexual misconduct, House passage of the “hate crimes” bill was no surprise. When San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker, homosexual activists openly boasted that their agenda would receive a warm welcome on Capitol Hill. More pro-homosexual proposals are scheduled for votes in the House later this year.

Conservative groups will now shift their grassroots lobbying efforts to the U.S. Senate, where an outside chance exists they will have the votes necessary to block consideration of an identical “hate crimes” proposed by Gordon Smith (R-OR) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Ironically, Democrat leaders have chosen to name the Senate version of the “hate crimes” bill after Matthew Shepard, even though a widely-discussed ABC News report debunked the theory that his murder in 2000 was an anti-homosexual “hate crime.”

Family Policy Network is spearheading an online petition to lawmakers in the Senate and the White House, urging these officials to reject any expansion of “hate crimes” laws that would include the term “sexual orientation.” Use the link below to express your concerns to your U.S. Senators and President Bush.

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    • CLICK HERE to tell your Senators and the President you OPPOSE special ‘Hate Crimes’ protection for sexually deviant behavior.

 

  • Family Policy Network (FPN) has uncovered data revealing homosexuals are more than TWICE AS LIKELY to be the perpetrators of violence against other homosexuals than are heterosexuals are to commit so-called “hate crimes.” You can view this evidence as well as other reasons to oppose adding “sexual orientation” to protected “hate crimes” categories on FPN’s website at http://familypolicy.net/papers-p-378.