Posted by
Patriot Pastor on Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:37:28 PM
Rally the Troops--Hate Crimes Is Coming
Get out your pen, Mr. President. Back on August 17 you made this promise to our veterans: "[I]f Congress sends me a defense bill loaded with... waste, I will veto it." Seven hundred seventy-eight earmarks later, the Defense Authorization bill is still standing. Why? Because House and Senate leaders aren't above playing politics with national security.
In a slap to the face of our servicemen and women, they attached "hate crimes" legislation to the final defense bill, forcing Congress to choose between expanding hate crimes or making our military go without. Unfortunately, House liberals had plenty of help from the GOP in sabotaging the bill. When it was put to a vote, nine Republicans refused to remove hate crimes from the Defense Authorization bill: Bill Cassidy (La.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Todd Platts (Penn.), Charles Dent (Penn.), Greg Walden (Ore.), Judy Biggert (Ill.), Anh Cao (La.), Michael Castle (Del.), and Dave Reichert (Wash.). These Republicans are serving as the enablers for a radical social agenda that could ultimately silence Christians and use the force of government to marginalize anyone whose faith is at odds with homosexuality.
Now that Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has filed cloture on the conference report, it could be less than 24 hours before the Senate votes on the final legislation. Before they do, we need your help. Contact your senators and urge them to fight for our freedom--and the soldiers defending it. Remind them that this is not an inconsequential vote. Expanding hate crimes puts America in lock step with the stated agenda of homosexual activists who will turn next to the so-called Employment Non-discrimination Act, followed by the repeal of the ban on homosexuality in the military and then the Defense of Marriage Act. More than 100,000 people have signed our petition opposing hate crimes as a violation of the First Amendment. Add your name today by visiting www.fighthatecrimes.com before the government makes you decide between your faith and your rights.
While Congress is busy giving preferential treatment to homosexuals, maybe it's time to point out the kind of calls we receive from the side of "tolerance." Last week, FRC Senior Vice President Tom McClusky came into his office to find this voicemail:
"Uh, yeah, I read about your, uh, homophobic comments, and I just gotta give you some advice. It's not a good idea to be, uh, an intolerant bigot s*****g. Uh, because, you know, you reap what you sow and when you start spreadin' hate against other people, that's exactly what you're gonna get back. And, you know, who knows what effect that could have on you, or your family, or your office, you know, on G Street? Uh, just a bit of advice for ya. You should really learn, really-stop bein' such a redneck piece of s**t."
And he's not alone. We get reports almost daily from donors who have given to pro-marriage campaigns in the states and are being awakened in the middle of the night by harassing phone calls and death threats.
Where's the protection for them? Where are those blowing the trumpet of tolerance?
SOURCE: FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL