Commenters on Free Republic see more fuel for the coming second Civil War."This is an attempt to silence Christianity. They have no idea what a hornets nest they’ve opened up. I can’t wait until the first pink tutu wearing gay opens fire on a Pastor’s sermon. It WILL go to court and the 1st amendment WILL be used in defense. Going to come down one of 2 ways 1) the 1st amendment will be upheld and this ‘law’ will be declared unconstitutional or 2) the 1st amendment will become toilet paper and then CWII opens up as something a mite hotter than rhetoric in forums and chatrooms."
Oct 22, 2009 ... "I can't wait until the first pink tutu wearing gay opens fire on a Pastor's sermon," proclaims Free Republic. "This would be the very first ...
www.examiner.com/x-17183-Birmingham-Gay-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Love-conquers-hate-inclusive-hate-crime..Notice how FR "proclaimed"...in the second article.
Bully for them.
I notice they never ‘quote’ the hate crime against Sarah Palin’s church in Wasilla when it was torched in an attempt to kill all those inside.
I also notice they never ‘quote’ or ‘comment’ on attacks by gays against Christians. They never rule those attacks hate crimes do they?
BTW: I still stand by my quote. So you Christian haters and bashers out there reading this quote THIS:
Some gay will go after a Pastor and a sermon he’s preaching on a particular Bible passage. This legislation opens the door to these attacks. Look how they went after Carrie Prejean even BEFORE this legislation passed! And it will come down to a defense of the 1st amendment. Either it (the 1st amendment) will stand or fall. And if the courts rule that free speech and free religious expression falls to ‘hate crime’ statutes then the rest of the amendments will fall as well and its goodbye liberty. It won’t be hate crimes legislation per se that causes Civil War II - it will be the attack on freedom and liberty to which unconstitutional hate crimes legislation is just the first salvo.
Personally I think a winning issue in 2010 or 2012 is a campaign that promises to add an amendment to this legislation to which it is also classified a hate crime to attack a Pastor’s free speech or a Christian’s religious beliefs, or - torch a church.
No one opposes legislation that protects people from violent attacks - we already have laws against assault & battery and murder. What hate crimes legislation does is elevate one segment of society to protected status and gives that segment of society free reign to persecute and suppress the constitutional rights of the other segment without consequence. If that’s not unconstitutional I don’t know what is!