 PETITION IN OPPOSITION TO HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION There is an increased threat of federal Hate Crimes legislation to our Constitutional liberty as given in the First and Fourteenth Amendments as a result of Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee striking again. Not only did Jackson-Lee introduce new hate crime legislation, The David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, H.R. 256, which is direct opposition to our Constitution, but she also submitted a new companion bill, The David Ray Ritcheson Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, H.R. 262. These two bills directly threaten your freedom of speech and religion. The Prevention Act will also create $10 million dollars in Federal funding to be given to non-profit groups to run the prevention program. This means you will not be able to teach your children Christian values that are opposing the special minority groups like homosexuals, but the schools and other Anti-Christian groups will be able to promote homosexual activity to them and will be well funded to do so. You won't be able to say a word if you don't want to be imprisoned. President Barack Obama has supported hate crimes in the past and is expected to sign the bill if it gets to his desk. We need to act now! DEADLINE EXTENDED: Because of the continuing accounts of Christians being silenced through hate crimes laws, CADC has extended the petition's deadline and will forward all signatures to Congress. Dear United States Senate- Federal Hate Crime legislation is a threat to my Constitutional liberty. Nations that have adopted hate crimes legislation, like Canada, have deprived their citizens of their freedom of speech and religious expression. Hate Crimes legislation divides Americans by creating special classes of people who receive special rights. Every American should receive equal justice under the law. Hate Crimes legislation undermines the Constitution by creating incidents of un-equal justice for the same crimes. |
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Petition in Opposition to Hate Crimes Legislation