Go ahead: Arrest me

World Net Daily ^ | 6/24/08 | Janet Folger

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Censorship. Book burning. The Criminalization of Christianity. It's here and it's now the law in the state of Colorado.

The Ku Klux Klan can march. The Nazis can hand out brochures. Skinheads can do whatever it is that Skinheads do. But in the state of Colorado, the only group who is NOT allowed to be heard is … the Christians. They're the ones who disagree with same-sex marriage, cohabitation, and believe the biblical view that homosexuality is a sin. But if they voice that objection from now on, it had better be inside the four walls of a church. If not, they'll be staring at the four walls of a prison cell … for up to a year.

No kidding.

Tobin Kerns was planning his own Columbine-like mass murder. But they caught him and convicted him of conspiracy to commit murder and threatening to use deadly weapons in 2006, sentencing him to a whopping … 10 months.

Plan a Columbine-like mass murder and you'll do 10 months in jail. Say homosexual "marriage" is a sin (in a state where same-sex marriage is illegal), and you'll be doing a year behind bars.

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You see, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law SB 200 and turned public restrooms and locker rooms into a predator paradise where men can enter (and shower in) any female public facility in the state. You'd think that would be as bad as it gets – but wait: Section 8 of that same bill claims to trump the First Amendment:

Section 8. 24-34-701. Publishing of discriminative matter forbidden. No person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation ... shall publish, issue, circulate, send, distribute, give away, or display in any way, manner, or shape or by any means or method, except as provided in this section, any communication, paper, poster, folder, manuscript, book, pamphlet, writing, print, letter, notice, or advertisement of any kind, nature, or description that is intended or calculated to discriminate or actually discriminates against ... SEXUAL ORIENTATION, marital status ... in the matter of furnishing or neglecting or refusing to furnish to them or any one of them any lodging, housing, schooling, or tuition or any accommodation, right [marriage], privilege [adoption], advantage, or convenience ... on account of ... SEXUAL ORIENTATION, marital status ... [which] is unwelcome or objectionable or not acceptable, desired, or solicited...

Janet Folger

[Soothesayer]

Well obviously it was Christianity that motivated the Columbine massacre. Sarcasm of course.

[Soothesayer]

To Liberals, the protection of human life is considered less important than the freedom to shag up the anus.

[PastorTony]

I read the actual bill. I think WND is sensationalizing it a little bit. The way I understand it is in an earlier section of the bill it broadens the definition of who cannot be discriminated against by a business open to the public. This section then goes on to say the owner or employee of a business open to the public cannot hand out literature that would be considered discriminatory.

WND makes it sound as though no one can publish a pamphlet against homosexuality and hand it out on the street corner. I think what the bill is actually saying is that you cannot have pamphlets sitting out on the counter of the pizza shop you work for. Still problematic mind you but not nearly as bad as the article makes it seem.

[fwdude]

"Problematic" is putting it mildly - how about blatantly UNCONSTITUTIONAL!?

...in an earlier section of the bill it broadens the definition of who cannot be discriminated against by a business open to the public.

Open to the public as opposed to - what? Space aliens?

[hocndoc]

What about book stores and news stands?

Will churches have to become “members only”?

[PastorTony]

Not sure how bookstores would be ruled on per the legislation.

I do believe this legislation has some serious 1st Amendment issues to contend with. But, I do think though that WND covered it as if it would be enforced on the public at large. It seems to be more of a broadening of anti-discrimination legislation to include sexual orientation than a blanket prohibition on any sort of publication of anti-homosexual material.

We live in a PC world - everyone is a victim, everyone is part of some protected class. This is one of the goals of the statists and we hear very little, if any, objection from GOP leadership on issues like this. So we shouldn't be real surprised when this stuff gets made into law. Maybe if we had some conservatives with backbones leading this country we wouldn't have these issues to deal with.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[TigersEye]

I am in Colorado and this a published communication. There is no such thing as homosexual ‘marriage’ and homosexuality is a neurosis IMO. Come and arrest me.