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Senate Will Move on Unnecessary Hate Crimes Bill
The Voice Magazine ^

Posted on 05/11/2009 6:12:47 PM PDT by truthnomatterwhat

On April 29, The House of representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1913) by a vote of 249 to 175. It is expected to be taken up in the Senate any day now.

Critics of the measure contend that, if the bill becomes law, it will force local and state law enforcement to prosecute and sentence individuals not only for the crimes they commit, but also for their beliefs—a slippery slope which will take the country down the road toward eventually criminalizing the thoughts of the American people.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; bhohomosexualagenda; freespeech; hatecrimebill; homosexualagenda; hr1913; pedoprotectionact; ppa

1 posted on 05/11/2009 6:12:47 PM PDT by truthnomatterwhat
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To: truthnomatterwhat

What about the Hate the house has for us?


2 posted on 05/11/2009 6:37:41 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: truthnomatterwhat

Thought crimes are soooooooo Orwellian.


3 posted on 05/11/2009 6:39:03 PM PDT by GOPJ (If Nixon had been a Democrat, Woodward and Bernstein would have been Linda Tripp.)
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To: truthnomatterwhat

I guess a lot of us will be going to jail. I’m not shutting up!


4 posted on 05/11/2009 6:44:19 PM PDT by freemike (Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? --Jean-Baptiste Say)
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To: freemike

And exactly who is going to be left outside the jail cell to pay the taxes if they lock us all up?


5 posted on 05/11/2009 6:54:53 PM PDT by madinmadtown (It is good to be right.)
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To: truthnomatterwhat

I cn’t believe they think this is right? I guess some are more equal than others?


6 posted on 05/11/2009 7:31:53 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: freemike

Me neither! The time is coming for us to make some hard choices: God’s way and jail or man’s way and hell!


7 posted on 05/11/2009 9:50:53 PM PDT by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: chris_bdba

They don’t think it is right,,, they know it is wrong. They are proving themselves to be Marxists.


8 posted on 05/12/2009 4:18:19 AM PDT by freemike (Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? --Jean-Baptiste Say)
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