By Rev. Ted Pike
The federal hate crimes bill, HR 1913, passed out of the House Rules Committee mid-afternoon Tuesday, April 28, too late to be brought to a vote in the House. This gives lovers of freedom at least one more day to convince members of the House to consider their political futures and not vote for this pedophile-protecting legislation.
Last Thursday during the hate bill mark-up, Rep. Steve King (R, Iowa) submitted an amendment which would have forced the Judiciary Democrats to clearly state in the bill that pedophiles would not have special federal rights and protections under the class “sexual orientation.” The Judiciary Democrats refused.
Here is Rep. Louie Gohmert’s shocked response to their determination to welcome all forms of sexual perversion under the umbrella of HR 1913’s protection: “…we just rejected an amendment to include pedophilia from being part of this protected class.
“Do you realize what that means? If a mother hears that their child has been raped, and she slaps the assailant with her purse, she is now gone after as a hate criminal because this is a protected class. There are other protected classes in here. I mean, simple exhibitionism — I have female friends who have told me over the years that some guy flashed them and their immediate reaction was to hit them with the purse.
“Well, now, he has committed a misdemeanor. She has committed a federal hate crime because the exhibitionism is protected under sexual orientation.
“Now, I know my friend said that we have a definition in the law. But there is nothing in this bill that references the definitions in the Hate Crimes Statistical Act. It is not there.
“We asked that it be added so we could get a specific definition. It is not there. And having reviewed cases as an appellate judge, I know that when the legislature has a chance to include a definition and refuses, then what we looked at was the plain meaning of those words.
“The plain meaning of sexual orientation is anything to which someone is sexually oriented. That could include exhibitionism. It can include necrophilia. It could include urophilia, and voyeurism. You see somebody spying on you changing clothes and you hit them, they have committed a misdemeanor. You have committed a federal felony under this bill.
“It is so wrong.” (Congressional Record, April 23, 2009)
Rep. Gohmert, as a former judge, authoritatively describes this bill as a pedophile-protecting one.
Just as boldly, you should describe it in the same terms to your House member. Calling should begin again at 6 a.m. PDT on Wed., April 29. Call 1-877-851-6437 toll free or 1-202-225-3121 toll.
The message for your House member is: “Please don’t vote for the hate bill HR 1913. Reps. King and Gohmert say it gives special protection to pedophiles and sexual perverts. Do you want to go on record supporting a pro-pedophile hate bill?”
http://truthtellers.org/alerts/hatebillvoteonwednesday.htm