Say No To Hate Legislation

[FOTD]

An Action note for the Interfaith Alliance

Thanks for all your great work and help on this issue.

Subject: "Fight hate crimes: help us pass H.R. 1913!"

Please call your member of Congress toll-free at 866-346-4611 today, Tuesday or Wednesday, and urge them to support the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA, H.R. 1913) .   If passed and signed into law, this bill will fight hate crimes and ensure safety and security for all Americans. It's supported by 26 state attorneys general and more than 300 national law enforcement, professional, education, civil rights, religious and civic organizations.

In our increasingly diverse nation, hate crimes are a persistent problem. Although there are laws on the books to deter hate crimes, protect victims, and prosecute criminals, this legislation makes significant improvements and gives local law enforcement the tools they need to enforce existing laws.

The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (H.R. 1913) expands existing hate crime laws to include not only victims of crime based on race, color, religion and national origin, but also bias-motivated crimes based on the victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. H.R. 1913 also provides for federal involvement in prosecuting hate crimes in states where current laws or local resources are inadequate. The legislation makes clear that free speech is protected for everyone. The bill states, "Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any activities protected by the Constitution."

Hate crimes cut across all of our communities and the LLEHCPA (H.R. 1913) is needed to ensure that all people have the right to be safe and free from physical harm and intimidation. Take action!

1. Call the Capitol switchboard toll-free at 866-346-4611, Monday-Wednesday, April 27th-29th.
2. Ask the operator to be connected to your representative's office, or give them your zip code and they will tell you who your member is and connect you to the office.
3. Tell the staff member you are a constituent once you're connected, and give them your name and address.
4. State that you want to urge your representative to support H.R. 1913 to fight hate crimes and provide safety and security for all Americans.
5. Ask to be informed of how your representative votes on this critical issue.

Be sure to tell friends, family and fellow activists to call and urge their representative to support the hate crimes prevention bill (H.R. 1913) and provide safety and security for all Americans!

Sincerely,


Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
President
Interfaith Alliance

  www.interfaithalliance.org

[guido911]

Hate crime thinking by democrats:

Gender identity: Okay.

Veterans:  Not so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFsVgiy9EA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eredstate%2Ecom%2Ferick%2F2009%2F04%2F24%2Fpedophiles%2Dbut%2Dnot%2Dveterans%2F&feature=player_embedded

Hate crime legislation is nothing but abject pandering.

[FOTD]

Have you ever known anyone personally murdered because of their race, religion, national origin or sexual preference?

[guido911]

Have you ever known anyone personally murdered because of their race, religion, national origin or sexual preference?

Are you going to have a "Simple Jack" moment if I say "no" to your irrelevant question? People get murdered every day in this country, are their deaths a result of someone being less hateful? Are their deaths not as important?

[Red Arrow]

Hair color.  I think "they" should include hair color in the list of things in hate crimes.

[Conan71]

I thought we already had "hate crime" laws on the books.  It's no more a deterrent to crime than the death penalty.  It's a political move, so people with white guilt like FOTD can feel warm and fuzzy.  Nothing more nothing less.

Putting on my tinfoil hat now, it's another mind control game by the Obama Administration. 

[TeeDub]

I know!   Let's make crimes...   illegal - er!

Because just punishing someone for committing a crime is not "er" enough.

Stupid laws.

[Cats Cats Cats]

I thought we already had "hate crime" laws on the books.  It's no more a deterrent to crime than the death penalty.  It's a political move, so people with white guilt like FOTD can feel warm and fuzzy.  Nothing more nothing less.

Putting on my tinfoil hat now, it's another mind control game by the Obama Administration. 

The hate crime law currently doesn't count for sexual orientation/perceived sexual orientation.  From what I gather.

[Conan71]

The hate crime law currently doesn't count for sexual orientation/perceived sexual orientation.  From what I gather.

What Tee Dub said...

[Cats Cats Cats]

What Tee Dub said...

Yes I hear you.  And in the case they are pushing this with I believe the killers got life in prison.  My only issue is that if we are going to make laws to say that a mother can kill an attacker to save the baby.  We might as well pass this one while we are trying to make things more illegaler.

[Gaspar]

I think we should have "Taste Crimes Legislation" too.  An extra classification for people who commit really tacky murders, like killing someone while wearing a Tweety bird shirt.

How about "Price Crimes."  That's an extra category for trampling people to death in a mad rush to buy a new DVD player at WalMart.  It would automatically implicate both the store as an accomplice.

OOH! The best would be "Food Crimes."  A special murder category for the owners and shareholders in restaurants that serve food that may cause obesity and death in people too stupid to realize that eating 17 quarter pound cheeseburgers a week is unwise.

Any other great ideas?

[Conan71]

I want blanket legislation that I cannot be offended for any reason whatsoever.  It's so unfair for anyone to offend another human being.  I have vewwwy tender feewings. *sniffle*

[Cats Cats Cats]

Well can't the state refuse to file charges on a murder suspect?
And that decision be based on the persons lifestyle or appearance.
But then the Federal Government would then be allowed to try the individuals for murder?

This could happen in cases of Taste Crimes as well as other hate crimes.

Overall I think the limited scope of who can be tried based on the hate crime bill they are trying to pass is low.  But I don't think it is a matter of illegaler as much as it is about who has the right to charge the individual.

Lawyer say something

[TeeDub]

I think that if you are white and make over 250k per year, you should be given a "get out of jail free" card with your government kickback check.

(Since all "rich" white males are obviously getting money back from the government.)

[Gaspar]

I want blanket legislation that I cannot be offended for any reason whatsoever.  It's so unfair for anyone to offend another human being.  I have vewwwy tender feewings. *sniffle*

I find that offensive!