[AF] It's a legacy!

[Jerry Mathis]

For everyone's information, the law is intended to expand Federal
jurisdiction to hate crimes, to include sexual preference, gender and gender
identity, and the disabled. It gives the Feds the authority to step in if
local officials fail to act.

The law specifically states that its purpose is not to prevent people from
speaking out on their opinion of these classes of people.

What sickens me is the determination of the religious/conservative Right to
insist that the law DOES outlaw freedom of speech (which is an outright lie)
in the hopes of defeating the law.

The fact that they want to defeat the law tells me that they wish to still
be able to discriminate against gay people, transgendered people, and the
disabled. This is why I've refused to any longer let my name be associated
with any religious organization: the lies, hypocrisy, and
discrimination these religions manifest are thoroughly un-Christian and
disgusting.

Discrimination or Protection. Which side of the debate are YOU on? Anyone
care to confess?

JM



On 5/5/07, Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Newman" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
> To: "The Alternate Frequency" <af at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [AF] It's a legacy!
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary Glaenzer" <glaenzer at verizon.net>
> > To: "The Alternate Frequency" <af at radiolists.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AF] It's a legacy!
> >
> >
> >
> > > I thought the original premise was 'murder'
> > >
> > > silly me, I forgot...........those with the 'hate-crime' agenda are
> > > allowed
> > > to change the subject in mid-discussion
> >
> > Gary....many eventually carry this to its ultimate finale. Murder born
> out
> > of hate. It is the root with which we must deal.
> > I didn't change the subject. I respected your intelligence to understand
> > what the real problem is all about.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Steve;
>
> the original post said "Making the killing of gays a crime."
>
> your post said "One takes gasoline, pours it on the lawn spelling out the
> word "fag" or
> "queer", and sets it on fire; This is domestic terrorism and currently
> only
> a misdemeanor. This is why almost every law enforcement agency is in favor
> of passing this hate crimes bill."
>
> I say that you changed the subject, your own words show it.
>
> Finally, there are already laws against 'murder' on the books; the last
> time
> I checked, it pretty much a crime in all 50 states
>
> Why, then, do we need another law ?  Murder is murder, no matter what the
> motivation.
>
>