‘Hate Crimes’ Fate Now Up to People

Congressman: ‘If you don’t raise enough stink, there’s not a chance of stopping it’

A Texas member of Congress is warning Americans that unless they act� and act now � the nation soon will have a “hate crimes” law thatactually was written so that it protects pedophiles and others withalternative sexual orientations such as voyeurism and exhibitionism.

“If you guys don’t raise enough stink there’s not chance of stopping it,” U.S. Rep. Louis GohmertWND columnist Janet Porter. She’s the chief of the Faith2Actioncampaign to allow citizens to send overnight letters to members of the U.S. Senate expressing opposition to the plan. said today on a radio program with Christian ministry and has coordinated a

Already well over 2,000 people have utilized the procedures andmore than 200,000 letters have been dispatched to members of theSenate.

“It’s entirely in the hands of your listeners and people across thecountry,” Gohmert told Porter. “If you guys put up a strong enoughfight, that will give backbone enough to the 41 or 42 in the Senate tosay we don’t want to have our names on that.”

WND has reportedmultiple times on the developing legislation � a plan that failed underPresident George W. Bush when he determined it was unnecessary and mostlikely unconstitutional.

An analysis by Shawn D. Akers, policy analyst with Liberty Counsel,said the proposal, formally known as H.R. 1913, the Local LawEnforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill in the House and S. 909 inthe Senate, would create new federal penalties against those whose”victims” were chosen based on an “actual or perceived� sexualorientation, gender identity.”

The audio of the interview with Gohmert, who repeatedly hastried to correct some of the more egregious difficulties he sees in thebill, has been embedded here:

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2009-05-12