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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJune 18th, 2007
Those of us in the reality-based community can point out the American Family Association’s lies about the hate crimes bill till we’re blue in the face but a new ally has joined the fray. Snopes.com, the site dedicated to busting rumors, scams and chain-emails that circulate on the internet has taken the AFA to task. The AFA’s claim the Hate Crimes Prevention Act will restrict freedom of speech is now in the company of emails promoting gas-outs and others claiming Bill Gates will pay you a million dollars if you forward an email.
And that’s exactly where the AFA’s emails belong. I’m glad other people are catching on.
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Lynn David
June 19th, 2007
I’ve been wondering what on a nation-wide level one could do about that AFA statement…. a Snopes urban legend is about the best that could! GREAT!!!
cooner
June 19th, 2007
Wow, that is great … Not only that they’re being called out on an intelligent and respectable site like Snopes, but also that they’re being put on the same level as those claims that Bill Gates and Walt Disney will send you $1000 if you forward their email to twenty friends …
G-A-Y
June 21st, 2007
The AFA has attempted a response:
http://www.afa.net/snopesiswrong.asp
They don’t even have the beginnings of a leg to stand on!
Mary
September 12th, 2008
Why is this politically-favored group a “special victim” and other victims left out?
The phrase “bodily injury” in the Act is left undefined. In other federal statutes and regulations, this term can mean any discomfort, no matter how fleeting, including mental anguish. This authorizes prosecution for even nonviolent behavior, such as unwanted religious expression opposing homosexual behavior, that leaves the listen upset.
The Act is aimed at punishing the motive for causing undefined injury to another person. It contains no protection or exclusion for religious speech.
Jim Burroway
September 12th, 2008
Mary, the act is very specific. In fact, we have posted the entire act before — something that opponents to hate crimes legislation refuse to do. Because doing so will reveal that their claims that “unwanted religious expression opposing homosexual behavior that leaves the listen upset” is not covered whatsoever. The act only addresses VIOLENT crimes.
We have the full details here, including the full text of the act so you can read it for yourself.
By the way, hate crimes towards victims selected because of their religious beliefs are ALREADY protected in federal law. Why should religious people already be treated as “special victims”?
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