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House Adds Homosexuality to Hate-Crimes Protections

White House opposition fails to ease many Christians' worries.

Susan Wunderink with reporting by Collin Hansen | posted 5/04/2007 11:37AM

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Though he believes much of the hysteria about the House bill is unwarranted, Haynes said Christians could rightly interpret the bill as another step to normalize homosexuality. Religious liberty and gay rights will continue to clash on issues of hiring discrimination and same-sex marriage.

"As the country moves toward more civil-rights protections [of homosexuality]," he said, "that's where the conflict is really going to come."

Related Elsewhere:

Ted Olsen and Stan Guthrie commented on reactions to the hate-crimes bill in CT Liveblog.

Related articles include:

House roll call on hate-crimes

White House threatens to veto hate-crimes bill | House votes to extend federal protection to gender, sexual orientation. (Associated Press).

Hate crime bill veto is vowed | The House votes to expand the law for sexuality and gender bias. The White House says that's unnecessary. (The Los Angeles Times)

House Votes to Expand 'Hate Crime' Protections | The House of Representatives voted today to extend "hate crime" protection. But the most immediate effect of the bill may be to set up another veto showdown between Democrats and President Bush. (The New York Times)

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Donald

Posted: May 07, 2007 6:27 PM

Try reading this article again but substitute “Christians” with Muslims or Islamic Jihads, and substitute the word “homosexuals” with Americans, or Women. What is your reaction now? You fear that a minister, a servant of God, could be charged if he was to preach to his congregation on the topic of homosexuality and that motivated someone to go out and commit an offence, a “hate crime” against an innocent person? If it were a Muslim preaching to his congregation about the evils of the American lifestyle or Christianity what would be your reaction? If someone from the congregation committed a “hate crime” the next day against an American or Christian would there not be a caterwaul of protest from the Christians for action against the Muslim leader and the person committing the crime? (Continued on next comment card)

john	Posted: May 05, 2007 6:51 PM


I certainly hope that this hate crime bill would apply to those that commit viligante crimes against convicted sex offenders as well.

richard wunderink

Posted: May 04, 2007 8:30 PM


informative and well written;

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