Opposition to Thought Crimes

Family Research Council ^ | 04-12-07 | Obid

[obid]

The process of erosion to our constitution continues every so steadily. As they say, perception is reality in politics. And this is how the left is redining diveristy of thought. Political correctness & intolerance rein supreme.

If interested follow the link and join the fight...

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=THOUGHT_CRIMES&load=WX07C17#

[obid]

Whereas every American citizen-regardless of age, sex, race, religion, or national origin-is guaranteed equal protection under the law as specified in the 14th Amendment of the United States constitution, and;

Whereas so-called "hate crimes" laws now being considered by liberal leaders in the U.S. Congress would create new classes of victims-including those who engage in homosexual behavior-with special rights not extended to all Americans, a notion completely at odds with the Constitutional guarantee of equal protection, and;

Whereas one purpose of so-called "hate crimes" laws is to increase punishment for the thoughts a person may have been having while committing a crime, meaning such laws are really thought crimes laws, and;

Whereas increasing punishment for a criminal's thoughts could quickly be expanded to outlawing the expression of other thoughts that liberal legislators and activist judges, under pressure from homosexual activists, list as "hateful," including sincere religious convictions and Bible-based moral values such as opposition to homosexual behavior, and;

Whereas similar so-called "hate crimes" laws already have been used to legally prosecute and silence Christians for publicly opposing homosexual behavior in Western Europe, Canada, and even in America...

Therefore, I/we the undersigned do urge all members of the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, and any other law-making body to actively oppose any effort to enact thought crimes laws.

[wastedyears]

What was that movie with Tom Cruise where they stopped crimes before they happened?

[Sidebar Moderator]

The Activism Sidebar is reserved for “Activism, protests, [and] news and business of Free Republic Chapters.” Please make a note of it.

[obid]

I apologize. Can you explain how I should have posted this one. Maybe just as an article?

[FoxInSocks]

What was that movie with Tom Cruise where they stopped crimes before they happened?

Minority Report.

[Don W]

I am awaiting your reply on posting guidelines that you so generously offered obid. To wit:

To: Sidebar Moderator I apologize. Can you explain how I should have posted this one. Maybe just as an article?

4 posted on 04/12/2007 9:45:57 AM PDT by obid

If you sent him a private response, I am forced to accept that, even though I think a wider audience was awaiting the outcome of his query.

So, for the rest of us, what was "obid's error"?

[obid]

Minority Report.

I was not offering posting guidelines, by any means. I was suggesting maybe I should have posted this thread as an article and left off the “activism” portion. I am guilty of not reading the guidelines, but I will now correct that issue.

[Don W]

My post was more a “reaction to” than a “statement about” how some admin mods perform their admittedly difficult duties. I tire of the political nonsense. Perhaps I need a break.

[obid]

Thanks for the response. I was confused about the “chapters”, I guess. I’m not sure what they are yet.

This whole thought police concept appears to be growing legs within the US. It comes down to, what criteria a person uses to draw the line. In the case of Imus, he crossed the line with many folks. But whose line was it, and how was the line established?