REP. FRANK: JUDICIARY COULD APPROVE HATE BILL NEXT
WEEK!
By Rev. Ted Pike
15 Apr 09
Homosexual activist Rep. Barney Frank says the federal hate crimes
bill HR 1913 could be approved by the House Judiciary Committee soon
after lawmakers return to Congress on April 20.
The Washington Blade, online homosexual news magazine, says, “US
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass), the longest-serving openly gay member of Congress,
announced Thursday that the House Judiciary Committee would consider the legislation
the week of April 20. He’s expecting the committee to pass the bill and
that the House will vote on the bill later this spring.” According to the Blade,
Frank says, “I look forward to it being passed and signed by a president
who is committed to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity." (April 9, 2009)
The Blade also quotes Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign: “The
fact that we now introduced the bill in the House and are set to move in the
next few weeks is going to … start this process, and hopefully it’ll
be done and on the president’s desk in as expeditious a period as possible.”
Becky Dansky, federal legislative director for the National Gay & Lesbian
Task Force, is also hopeful. “We anticipate that things will move very
quickly when the House comes back from recess. The committee markup [will be]
followed by floor consideration almost immediately.” The Blade concludes, “Solmonese
and Dansky said they expected a House floor vote on the legislation later this
month or in May, but the timeline was less clear in the U.S. Senate.”
As NPN has predicted, Rep. Conyers’ new bill was designed to be moved very
rapidly through Judiciary. It is exactly the same legislation that was passed
in the House two years ago; thus, we warned that the House Judiciary, dominated
by pro-hate bill liberals, probably would not even hold hearings. This is also
the opinion of Solmonese. “As for congressional hearings, Solmonese said
they won’t take place in the House and he wasn’t certain about whether
any would happen in the Senate. Dansky also said she didn’t think hearings
were needed in either chamber of Congress.”
Meanwhile, most major Christian/conservative websites, while opposed to a federal
hate crimes bill in general, have not specifically mentioned the existence of
Conyers’ bill. (These include Focus on the Family, Family Research Council,
Concerned Women for America, American Center for Law and Justice, Liberty Counsel,
etc.)!
All who love freedom must make up the difference and protest NOW! Call
toll-free 1-877-851-6437 or toll 1-202-225-3121. Tell your two Senators
and House member, “Please don’t vote for Rep. Conyers’ very
dangerous hate crimes bill, HR 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes
Prevention Act.”
Homosexual activists are urging people to phone, email and fax Congress in favor
of HR 1913. Again, the Blade: “Although passage of the legislation
is widely expected, Dansky said supporters of the bill “can’t afford
to get lazy.” She said the strategy for passing the bill should involve
Hill lobbying and grassroots mobilization.”
Will lovers of freedom do as much? It’s now or never for YOU to pick up
the phone and fight back.
Watch the dynamic 10-minute educational video How to Kill the
Hate Bills at www.truthtellers.org which
explains how the two hate bills, HR256 and HR262, threaten freedom.
Please tell the offices of members of Congress to watch it! Also
at www.truthtellers.org, watch our gripping 82-minute documentary Hate
Laws: Making Criminals of Christians.
Let the Anti-Defamation League teach you how they have saddled 45 states with
hate laws capable of persecuting Christians, and spearhead attempts to pass the
federal hate crimes bill: http://www.adl.org/99hatecrime/intro.asp.
TALK SHOW HOSTS: Interview Rev. Ted Pike on this subject. Call
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