"Hate Crimes" Wake-up Call!
Today from Gary Bauer's "End of Day:"
Men and women of faith need to take a close look at what is going on in the world beyond our borders - there are storm clouds rising on the horizon that threaten our religious liberty here at home. In Sweden there has been a raging court battle over religious freedom and free speech that has finally come to a chilling end. Pastor Ake Green has been sentenced to one month in prison for preaching the biblical view of human sexuality. Yes, my friends, that's jail time for a pastor who dared to speak against homosexuality. And don't think this is just one isolated incident.
Last year the Anglican Bishop of Chester, England, was hauled into the local police station and investigated for hate speech after noting that some homosexuals can overcome their "orientation." Cardinals in Belgium and Spain are facing lawsuits for preaching against sexual immorality. Even in Ireland Catholic clergy have been warned against distributing the Vatican's statement against same-sex "marriage" or else they could face prosecution under Ireland's "incitement to hatred" legislation. In April, Canada passed a new "hate crimes" law that also criminalizes certain speech deemed "politically incorrect."
How does this impact us here in America? Our own Supreme Court has come to rely upon foreign law with increasing frequency. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor recently cited foreign law in determining the outcome in cases related to the death penalty and overturning laws against homosexual sodomy. But it's not just the courts. Last month 65 members of the United States Senate voted for a bill elevating sexual preferences to the same legal status as one's race and religion. How much longer before priests, pastors and rabbis are hauled off to prison cells in this country for defending our Judeo-Christian values?
Men and women of faith need to take a close look at what is going on in the world beyond our borders - there are storm clouds rising on the horizon that threaten our religious liberty here at home. In Sweden there has been a raging court battle over religious freedom and free speech that has finally come to a chilling end. Pastor Ake Green has been sentenced to one month in prison for preaching the biblical view of human sexuality. Yes, my friends, that's jail time for a pastor who dared to speak against homosexuality. And don't think this is just one isolated incident.
Last year the Anglican Bishop of Chester, England, was hauled into the local police station and investigated for hate speech after noting that some homosexuals can overcome their "orientation." Cardinals in Belgium and Spain are facing lawsuits for preaching against sexual immorality. Even in Ireland Catholic clergy have been warned against distributing the Vatican's statement against same-sex "marriage" or else they could face prosecution under Ireland's "incitement to hatred" legislation. In April, Canada passed a new "hate crimes" law that also criminalizes certain speech deemed "politically incorrect."
How does this impact us here in America? Our own Supreme Court has come to rely upon foreign law with increasing frequency. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor recently cited foreign law in determining the outcome in cases related to the death penalty and overturning laws against homosexual sodomy. But it's not just the courts. Last month 65 members of the United States Senate voted for a bill elevating sexual preferences to the same legal status as one's race and religion. How much longer before priests, pastors and rabbis are hauled off to prison cells in this country for defending our Judeo-Christian values?
posted by Jason at 7/07/2004 09:15:00 PM
2 Comments:
A true hate crime: attempting to pass a constitutional amendment against marriage between two people of the same gender. Proponents of it are cowards too insecure in their own skin to be comfortable with people who look, act or speak differently.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Homosexuals need help and healing, not pacification and promotion.
You don't have to continue in this destructive deathstyle. Jesus can set you free from destroying your mind, body, relationships, etc.--But only if you're willing.
It would be "hateful" for me not to have said that.
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