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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:50 PM Original message |
HEADLINE: Hate Crime bill (Matthew Shepard Act )violates 1st Amendment rights, Christian leaders say |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. By criminalizing discrimination, persecution, and assault against |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I heard one of these sociopaths this morning. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And Bush is promising to veto the Matthew Shepard Act. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. They are quite a simple yet complex group |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Since when does the First Amendment protect acts of violence? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Instigating acts of violence is free speech? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, of course Christianity is a religion of hate, especially when... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hate crime legislation does not extend to 'mere' speech. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. poor persecuted 'christians' |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yet they have no objection to anti-Christian hate crimes, which |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. So, the bill criminalizes speech? That's news to me. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Wait, let me guess, Gene Taylor - Mississippi? |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. I thought it was the second amendment that okayed killing gays? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. so they are admitting to spouting and promoting hate? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes, that's refreshing for once! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. kudos for the honesty and all that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Don't forget to rec the thread,folks. Because this is as bald as their hate gets. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. No kidding...they put it right out there for all to see |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I don't recognize this country. Maybe I'm an idiot but I just don't. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. One more kick...need one more rec for Matt, anyone :) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kick |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lies that they take all the way to the bank. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. At first I thought it said "Sheppard Smith Act" |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. k and r |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kick |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. Those people make me sick. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 08:16 PM Original message |
Word. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-04-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Word. nt |
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