[ATOMIC_PUNK]

(1)Contact your Representative: PINGS/BUMPS

http://www.reclaimamerica.org/contactCongress.asp?lk=house

OR Call the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
(2) Contact House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, urging him not to allow this legislation to come to a vote. This legislation cannot move without his permission. To reach his office: 202-225-5951 (phone) 202-225-5241 (fax) You can e-mail DeLay at:

http://www.majorityleader.gov/CONTACT.ASP?a=form

According to constitutional experts, HR 4200---Hate Crimes Bill--establishes a dangerous constitutional precedent - allowing for two trials against a person accused of a crime, say, against homosexuals (among others).

[Liz]

Thanks for pinging your list to this important project.

Unless one's Congressman is a committeed Christian, letters and emails revolving around those arguments will fall on deaf ears. Most lawmakers need to hear the several Constitutional arguments that are included on the thread, such as the crucial one you excerpted:

"According to constitutional experts, HR 4200---Hate Crimes Bill--establishes a dangerous constitutional precedent - allowing for two trials against a person accused of a crime, say, against homosexuals (among others)."

Call your Congressman at 202-224-3121.