Posted on 07/18/2017 5:34:25 AM PDT by Mafe
Remember the bakers in Oregon who were driven out of business for refusing to bake a cake for a ceremony that was against their principles? They were fined $135,000 under Oregon law.
Now the federal government is going even further, by pushing a bill to erode the First Amendment, which would criminalize opinions deemed as “hate speech.”
Indeed, if House Bill 257 is passed into law, you could be jailed for an opinion that defies political orthodoxy with regards to sharia law, or radical Islam.
The United States already has strict laws that protect against hate crimes, so one reasonably asks, “why do we need a new bill?” What does H.R. 257 add that doesn’t already exist? The answer is frankly shocking.
If this new bill is passed, hate crime would be redefined to include public speech such as arguments that our politically correct culture deems offensive.
There is nothing in this bill that protects your next tweet speaking out against the genital mutilation of children from landing you in federal court. In fact, it is quite the opposite.
This legislation was drafted by terrorist-linked groups, and sponsored by four Republicans (and a predictable laundry list of democrats), to silence Americans speaking openly about the threats we face as a nation. Tragically, the Senate proposal, introduced by far-left Kamala Harris, has already passed.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Here is the senate version
S.Res. 118: A resolution condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sres118/text
On April 4, 2017, the US Senate passed Senate Resolution 118, “Condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States”. The resolution was drafted by a Muslim organization, EmgageUSA (formerly EmergeUSA) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC).
The resolution includes the claim that...
Whereas, in 2015, hate crimes targeting Muslims in the United States increased by 67 percent, reaching a level of violence targeting Muslim Americans that the United States had not experienced since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
source
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267051/why-did-marco-rubio-submit-islamist-mpac-daniel-greenfield
Gabriel is wrong on almost everything in this piece
H.Res.257 - Condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States.
Source:
U.S. Trying to Criminalize Free Speech - Again
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10544/criminalize-free-speech
The resolution refers to hate crimes against Muslims, Jews, African-Americans, Hindus, and Sikhs and was sponsored by Senator Kamala Harris and co-sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Senator Susan Collins.
On April 6, almost the exact same text was introduced as House Resolution H.Res. 257, “Condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States”. A House Resolution can be reintroduced as legislation.
H.Res. 257 urges
“...the development of an interagency task force led by the Attorney General and bringing together the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Education, the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to collaborate on the development of effective strategies and efforts to detect and deter hate crime in order to protect minority communities”. The House Resolution was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 6 and from there it was referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations on April 21.
Americans should be concerned about these resolutions, especially the part of the House Resolution, which urges the establishment of an “interagency task force led by the Attorney General ... on the development of effective strategies and efforts to detect and deter hate crime in order to protect minority communities.”
Well wonderful. This is hateful too.
There is a difference between a resolution and legislation.
A resolution will not become law. Trump will not have an opportunity to veto this, because it is a resolution.
However, those congress members who are signing on to this resolution are showing their true colors.
Here’s the legislation, a resolution, not a proposed law:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/257
Resolution recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Where in it is anything about designating certain speech as hate speech?
This concerns me.
Harris is most definitely going to make a run for the WH in 2020.
Rubio tried and failed miserably...so is now on the hunt for anything he can do to undermine conservative principles...Feinstein is...well, Feinstein and we all damn well know what Susan Collins is.
These type of resolutions have come to bite us in the ass...because they so easily are reintroduced as legislation.
That any of these four anti-american assholes have sat down with some stinking mooselimb cultist devils tells me that they have no qualms whatsoever about further advancing the mooselimb agenda within these United States.
We need to keep a very close eye on this Kamala Harris character...we should watch her as closely as we DID NOT watch another bozo...i.e., Baraaaacck! obama.
C,mon folks...open your eyes...the damned camel has his whole ass under the tent, now.
We didn't even smack his nose yet!
Yeah, Komodo is now the future of the Demoncrats. Tells you where this Republic is heading.
See post #11 before you act!
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At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son
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And a resolution has no force of law.
Mafe wrote:
“It’s House Resolution 257, not House Bill 257.
Oh nos ! !
Thank goodness !!
Thank you for the clarification !
*lam is a dangerous, violent world-domination ideology that employs deceit and coercion to achieve its goal of making the world accept it.
Blacks commit half of violent crime.
Chopping your dick off is self-mutilation, and a sign of mental instability.
Abortion is acting contrary to human nature.
The media promotes leftist goals.
More?
No law can tell me how to think.
It’s a resolution condemning hate speech, which itself is hate soeech and based upon lies.
It is not law at all...stupid anyway
Thank you for the alert to see post #11.
There are two House Resolutions with the same number so it looks to me as though there is mischief afoot with this bill. They may be intending to trick people into voting for it by thinking that they are voting to make Jerusalem the capitol of Israel only to instead vote to imprison those who speak against Sharia.
H.R.257 - Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/257/all-actions-without-amendments
H.Res.257 - Condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/257/text
Wrong. There are two of them by that designation.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/257/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/257/all-actions-without-amendments
No, its a trap, there are two H.R. 257 introduced. The one that is a threat to free speech was introduced AFTER the one to recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel.
See followup discussion. Nifster referring to wrong item.
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