Police tell Christian couple view on gays 'close to hate crime' (UK)

Times (UK) ^ | 12/22/05 | David Sanderson

[uncommonsense]

Thought crimes must be punished!

Unless it's against a Christian, then it's OK.

[cbkaty]

Yes. The time is fast approaching when Christians will be legally punished for practicing their views.

We now have an incomplete yet better understanding of our Jewish friends.....

[ConservativeChinese]

U.S is not too much better.

[Aussie Dasher]

Disgraceful! The Poms are in a bigger mess than I thought.

I wonder if it's a crime to wish someone a "Merry Christmas"?

[NapkinUser]

"U.S is not too much better."

On some issues, yes. On this, no. There wouldn't be a seconds thought from the vast majority of people. Certainly no police showing up and telling people what they can think.

[RoadTest]

Police tell Christian couple view on gays 'close to hate crime' (UK)"

Close doesn't count except in Horseshoes and Bocce Ball.

[kanawa]

Homophobic??

Who's afraid of the big bad gay
Big bad gay, big bad gay?
Who's afraid of the big bad gay?
Tra la la la la

I'm not afraid of the big bad gay
The big bad gay
The big bad gay
I'm not afraid of the big bad gay
Tra-la-la-la-la-la

[backhoe]

Shades of 1984 in Britian

[upchuck]

WOW!!! Can you spell 1-9-8-4?

[Bob Mc]

"Certainly no police showing up and telling people what they can think."

Stop the incrementalism against the 2nd amendment, and all the others will be fade into obscurity.

Governments and police like in England feel emboldened when the subjects give up their sovereignty (i.e. the 2nd Amendment). They are more polite and respectful when most ctizens are armed.

[Galveston Grl]

In my opinion, secularists are testing out official control of Christians in the US with their extreme banning and control of Christians in the public square in the name of the living constitution.

Judges are now starting to lay out the public prayers Christians are permitted to say in the opening of public meetings. They want to get Christians accustomed to being told what they can and can not believe of their religion. Along side that, secular business leaders are banning the C-word and demanding acceptance of homosexual sex and daring Christians to do something about it.

In Lexington, Ma. officials arrested a Christian father for objecting to his five year old son being inducted into the homosexual ideology in the public school. Few stood up for him. It is as safe to persecute Christians in Mass. as it is in Europe because Christianity is dead there. It is a soulless society. Not every church, but most churches are liberation theology things where you can not tell the difference between the sermon and a radical rally at Harvard.

They are testing to see what power we have; how organized and united we are and how tolerant we are to being religiously controlled by secular authority. It is imperative that we show them that we are organized and won't let them get way with persecuting Christians or controlling us or our culture. If we can shut them down, we will be a beacon for Christians everywhere. Europe, on the other hand will become a magnet for the dark side.

[chatham]

In Massachusetts we just had a petition to get rid of same sex marriage which was put in Illegally by our court system.

The perverted Homosexual groups, who we have shown so much tolerance too in the past, are up in arms.

The Homosexual groups are getting lists of all who signed the petition with addressees so these homosexual groups can harass and intimidate the signers.

We really need to take the Judicial system back from the Barbarians/Homosexuals.

[JLS]

This is a disturbing trend. The next step is to make preaching against homosexuality in a religious context a crime, as it appears to be in other European countries.
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This would merely be a disturbing trend had London not been bombed this past summer. It is a suicidal trend given that.

[Texas_Jarhead]

This is so stupid that it's scary.

[DustyMoment]

Police tell Christian couple view on gays 'close to hate crime'

By the same token, the police's views on the couples views are also close to a 'hate crime'.

I wonder if they thought about that??

[BeAllYouCanBe]

This is a disturbing trend.

I have seen Gays/Lesbian groups protesting during Christian gatherings; one I remember was at a Catholic church in New York city and the other in Boston. There probably has been the same kind of Gay demonstrations in London. I bet these are not considered hate crimes!

Just goes to prove to me that Gays are a highly protected special class and the left will ask for more and more special rights as time goes on -- on a real slipery slope.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"preaching against homosexuality in a religious context a crime, as it appears to be in other European countries"

There are Christian radio ministries in the US that have to have a different message to broadcast to Canada -- today because of these hate laws. Canada has strict laws about "homophobic" bible based thought crimes that can't be mentioned on the radio.

[little jeremiah]

later ping this one out.

[Fruitbat]

Thought crimes must be punished!

Indeed! All pigs are equal except some are more equal than others.

It's getting to the point where simply disagreeing with a homosexual lifestyle is a crime in itself simply on the merits of disagreement.

[Dan Evans]

Horse Hockey. No way 2% can cause all this BS.

Like most poisons, it doesn't take much to kill you.