Hate Crime Bill Makes Way Through Senate
CBN News
July 11, 2007
CBNNews.com - A bill that might make it a crime to condemn homosexuality is working its way through U.S. Senate.
Concerned Christians are protesting.
Today one group took out this full page ad in USA Today.
The group argues the law could be used to muzzle pastors and others who feel compelled by the Bible to take a stand against homosexual practices.
A coalition of Christian groups gathered today on Capitol Hill to denounce the bill known as SB-1105.
They say granting homosexuals a special protected status would undermine America's freedoms of speech and religion.
"What they're attempting to do here in America -- the birthplace of freedom -- is to criminalize Christians for simply sharing the truth of God's word," Michael Marcavage of Repent America said.
Rev. Jonathan Hunter, L.E.A.R.N. Inc. agreed.
"This hate crime legislation is hatred and intolerance aimed at ministers and good Christian folk who dare to call sin sin," he said.
For more on this topic, watch an interview with Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny.)
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