Hate crimes law is a hate Christians law

October 28, 11:30 AMEvangelical ExaminerJake Jones

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Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt of Pray In Jesus Name project, and millions of American Christians have serious doubts about the 'snake oil salesmanship' of those in Congress who knew that the hate crimes legislation would not pass on its own merit's, and was added into the Pentagon budget to get it passed.  And, today (Oct. 28, 2009) President Barack Obama will sign the "Hate Crimes" Amendment contained within the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which adds "sexual orientation" to the list of federally protected classes.

This new law provides for federal prosecution and enhanced penalties to violent criminals (and their so-called co-conspirators) whose "motive" or otherwise invisible heart-intention is somehow proven in a court of law as intended to incite or commit an act of violence against a person "because of" their sexual orientation.

Conservatives call this bill the "Pedophile Protection Act" because it may now offer federally protected status to 547 classes of sexual deviants, including child molesters, who are now more protected than heterosexuals, violating the principle of equal protection. It further endangers free speech by pastors who quote illegal Bible verses from the pulpit, including Romans 1:32 or Leviticus 20:13, (which I'm about to quote below), which by merely quoting pastors may be accused of "conspiring" to commit violent crimes, should anyone in the church hear their speech and later commit such violent acts against homosexuals.

The Senate adopted the "Brownback Amendment" (R-KS) to the hate crimes bill, by 78-13 vote to add special protection for pastors to ensure the bill does not "substantially burden any exercise of religion...speech, expression, association, if such exercise of religion, speech, expression, or association was not INTENDED to--(1) plan or prepare for an act of physical violence; or (2) incite an imminent act of physical violence against another." But Senator Leahy (D-VT) added a bad side-by-side amendment diminishing some First Amendment protections for pastors, by including this new statement: "The Constitution does not protect speech, conduct or activities consisting of planning for, conspiring to commit, or committing an act of violence." 

In other words, A) pastors may quote the Bible publicly if their "intention" is the free exercise of religion or speech, but B) pastors may not quote the Bible publicly if their "intention" is to conspire with listeners to commit an act of violence. This begs the question, if the pastor never announces whether the unspoken "intention" of his heart is A or B, how can any prosecutor, judge, or jury know whether the pastor's secret thoughts intended A) free exercise or B) conspiracy? Without revealing the secret intention of my own heart, whether A or B, I hereby publicly quote both Romans 1:32 and Leviticus 20:13:

Romans 1:32 -- "Men with men working that which is unseemly...who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death."

Leviticus 20:13 -- "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."

Dr. Gary Cass, of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission stated:

"In other nations, like Canada, where hate crime laws have been enacted, it is Christians, specifically conservative Christians who hold to the historic Christian faith and it's values, that become the object of institutionalized, governmental hate."

"Christians who dare to tell the truth about the social, moral, spiritual and health consequences of illicit homosexual acts are accused of hate speech and intimidated into silence with threats of fines or jail."

"The fact the hate bill had to be passed in such an unscrupulous and cynical manner (attaching it to the Defense Authorization Act) reveals the depth of President Obama's commitment to a radical, anti-Christian agenda. He will stop at nothing to undermine the will of the majority of Americans to pay back militant homosexual activists who raised millions of dollars for his campaign and worked to get him elected."

"To sign the bill in the Rose Garden is another slap in the face and shows the level of contempt President Obama has for the majority of Americans who oppose the "homosexualization" of marriage and public education."

"The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission will soon be announcing its plans, along with other leading pro-family groups, to defy, counter and challenge this unconstitutional attack on our religious liberty."