Obama Signs Hate Crimes Bill into Law

I knew this was coming.  After Congressional approval of the hate crimes bill, which was packaged together with the 2010 fiscal year Defense Authorization Bill, President Barack Obama signed it into law.  The law gives equal protection to homosexuals under the law — effectively putting them above the law by declaring them a special class of people — and makes it a crime to discriminate against them based on sexual identity and persuasion.  While the bill did include a provision to prevent prosecution of individuals based on beliefs, many Christians are concerned the bill will silence Biblically-based messages.

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Congress Extends Homosexual Hate-Crimes BIll

The United States Congress has passed an updated hate-crimes bill that includes protections for crimes committed against homosexuals and has given it to President Barack Obama for signatory approval. The bill was changed, however, at the urging of Republicans to provide provisions for religious leaders who now cannot be prosecuted on the basis of “his or her speech, beliefs, or association.” However, some conservative Christian groups feel this is not enough, and this bill could be used to “marginalize anyone whose faith is at odds with homosexuality,“ according to Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

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Obama Critical of ‘Old Values’ About Homosexuality

President Obama and his family were recently spotted leaving St. John’s Episcopal Church, yet Obama recently delivered the keynote address to the Human Rights Campaign in which he criticized people who hold to “old attitudes” about homosexuality. Obama also praised the passage of the homosexual hate crimes bill in the House last Thursday and said he was preparing to sign the bill in to law once it passes Congress. As followers of Christ, we are to hate the sin and love the sinner, but I have to question Obama’s apparent “buffet-style” belief in God’s word. All scripture is given for inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, according to 2 Timothy 3:16. That’s all scripture, not bits and pieces that are suitable for anyone’s unbiblical beliefs.

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Hate Crimes Bill in House Could Extend to Cover Homosexuality

Update:  the hate crimes bill passed in the House.  Now on to the Senate with the expectation that President Obama will sign it into law prior to his keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, a homosexual advocacy group.

The hate crimes bill currently being voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives has a particular nuance that disturbs some members of the GOP: its coverage is extended to protect sexual orientation. The law, first enacted after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., would allow for federal prosecutors to intervene in cases of violence against homosexuals based on their sexual orientation. GOP members consider the religious protections afforded in the bill “flimsy,” and worry that pastors could be prosecuted if the content of their sermons could be tied back to an act of violence against a gay person.

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