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Hate Crimes – Free Speech
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Focus continues to bury it’s head in the sand over hate-crime protections for gay Americans today. I sent them the following letter: For as much as Focus talks about Constitutional law you sure casually brush aside First Amendment protections of…
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The Exodus media blog on Oct. 4. promoted an antigay tirade by Richard Mullenax of TheRealityCheck.org. By failing to check the facts behind the polemics, and by reprinting others’ misinformation without comment or counterpoint, Exodus put itself in the position…
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Focus and the American Family Association are repeatedly claiming that adding sexual orientation to Federal hate crime protections will be used to persecute speech from the pulpit. (ie in today’s broadcast of FNIF) Hate crimes laws protecting gay people have…
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Anti-gay activist group, Repent America, has claimed that God destroyed New Orleans because it welcomes gay visitors. A few choice selections from its press release include: “Southern Decadence” has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city…
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Death Threats Against Ex-gays
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There’s some buzz going about on the right about a death threat being put out against exgay activist James Hartline. Red State forwards this quote: “The moment was never riper for the San Diego (LGBT) community to push for the…
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Patrick Yaeger assesses the impact of hate crime statistics collection and enhanced penalties upon state and federal government activity against violent criminals who previously were ignored by local police.
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A resolution is being proposed at this year’s Southern Baptist national convention, demanding Southern Baptists investigate their local public school systems and withdraw their kids from any school that allows a gay/straight alliance to meet, discusses sexual orientation in class,…
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In the April 2005 issue of Exodus’ Impact political newsletter, organization president Alan Chambers defends his involvement of Exodus in political extremism by claiming that “the enemy” — homosexuals? Satan? — is encroaching upon “our freedom to minister.” That may…
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Six months ago, the antigay militant group Repent America raided a Philadelphia autumn pride festival. According to witnesses, they shouted down the stage performers and berated the crowd with religious-right rhetoric. The militants’ leader, Michael Marcavage, has cited the Bible…