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Obama’s DOJ Can’t Say Criticizing Religion Will Remain Legal (Video at Link)
NRO ^ | September 17, 2012 5:48 P.M.

Posted on 09/17/2012 6:05:16 PM PDT by Perdogg

The exchange below, between Representative Trent Franks and Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, occurred in late July, but is particularly relevant today. Representatvie Franks tries to extract an assurance from Perez that the Obama administration will not push a proposal to criminalize speech “against any religion.” He has a tough time doing so.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; 201207; freedom; freedomofreligion; freedomofspeech; freespeech; isna; ispu; istanbulprocess; marxistcoup; ncla; saharaziz; thomasperez; trentfranks; wagthevideo
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To: moviefan8

Fire em all. We know this is about protecting Islam and that the left will be able to attack Christianity with immunity. And we wonder why our nation is in its current condition?


41 posted on 09/17/2012 7:38:42 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001
Fire em all.

No. Hang them all.

42 posted on 09/17/2012 7:54:11 PM PDT by Noumenon (“...the other side wants everything in America to be free, except us.” Paul Ryan)
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To: BlatherNaut

It’s already against the law to say bad things against the president. Just ask some North Carolina teachers. Or teachers from any state.


43 posted on 09/17/2012 8:01:25 PM PDT by Terry Mross (The Clintons are extremely afraid of obama. Do they owe him their souls?)
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To: Perdogg

So, Fast and Furious v2.0?


44 posted on 09/17/2012 8:03:10 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: glorgau

Am liking that code name.


45 posted on 09/17/2012 8:14:26 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: Terry Mross

Only if we had the rule of law in this country. So... no, not here in Amerikkka.


46 posted on 09/17/2012 8:32:36 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Perdogg

Everyone knows that Christianity will never be protected by these proposals.

Its bad enough they want to restrict free speech, its worse that they are being so obviously one sided on who gets free speech and who doesn’t


47 posted on 09/17/2012 10:08:50 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: VRWCarea51
No worries, John Boner is one the job! He’ll be sure to cry over it.

Although we need to keep the house, we need to get rid of this RINO.
48 posted on 09/17/2012 10:53:43 PM PDT by yorkiemom (Yorkie Moms 4 Ryan ; Romney + Ryan = Recovery)
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To: Terry Mross
Wouldn’t this “change in freedoms” require a constitutional amendment?

Come now, in Obama's America, there are no such things as Constitutional Amendments.

49 posted on 09/17/2012 11:57:29 PM PDT by wastedyears (The First Law of Heavy Metal: Not all metal is satanic.)
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To: Secret Agent Man; All

This Supreme Court is liable to classify it as Unprotected Hate Speech particularly if the religion is not the dominant one in the country meaning open season on Christianity would remain OK.


50 posted on 09/18/2012 12:15:40 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 50 days away.)
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To: Fred Nerks

That October meeting should never have taken place. From what I can tell, it was basically a meeting allowing Islamists to lobby in favor of ignoring the fundamental freedoms in the US Constitution. If the DOJ had any integrity whatsoever they would have told them to take their repressive, oppressive, depressive list of special treatment and privileges and take them back to the countries where they came from.

Don’t like our freedoms? Then go back where you came from and live in the stone age.


51 posted on 09/18/2012 4:35:49 AM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Terry Mross

“Wouldn’t this “change in freedoms” require a constitutional amendment?”

No, John Roberts will just say it’s a tax.


52 posted on 09/18/2012 4:41:47 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Support hate crime laws: Because some victims are more equal than others.)
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To: Perdogg
Freedom of Speech

Freedom to Agree

53 posted on 09/18/2012 5:28:55 AM PDT by Taggart_D
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To: stboz

Waiting for Godot follows a pair of freepers who divert themselves while waiting expectantly, vainly for someone named GOP to arrive. They claim he’s an acquaintance but in fact hardly know him, admitting that they would not recognize him when they do see him. To occupy the time they eat, sleep, converse, freep, argue, sing, play games, exercise, swap hats, and contemplate suicide – anything “to hold the terrible silence at bay”.


54 posted on 09/18/2012 6:13:32 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: wiseprince
I think believers in freedom need to organize a world wide “Mock Mohammed” day.

How about any day ending in 'Y'? Never too early to mock the Satan-inspired, child-molesting, murdering hell-spawn. (May pigs chew upon him)

55 posted on 09/18/2012 7:18:23 AM PDT by tnlibertarian (Government's solution to everything: Less freedom.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Good point on the tax thing. Obama will pass a new tax on expression. Criticism of God, conservatives, Christianity, the tea party, traditional marriage, Republicans and morality in general will incur a $1 per year tax. Criticism of islam, muslim terrorists, abortion, Democrats, homosexuality and immorality will incur a $100,000 tax, per statement. You’ll still have the right to criticize as long as you’re willing and able to pay the tax - just like with Obamacare.


56 posted on 09/18/2012 7:54:43 AM PDT by littleharbour
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To: MrB
Seriously, do they WANT a shooting war?

How many rounds of ammo has the government been buying?

57 posted on 09/18/2012 8:56:04 AM PDT by bigheadfred (evry day i'm shufflin')
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Not to play devils advocate, but the DOJ could never say wether something will stay legal/illegal or become legal/illegale- they only enforce the laws (and this administration not very well) and not set them, right? I have a feeling I’m missing something.


58 posted on 09/18/2012 12:50:29 PM PDT by HenryArmitage (it was not meant that we should voyage far.)
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To: HenryArmitage

0bama has unilaterally overturned Federal Law. What makes you think he can’t implement a ban on insulting Islam? He’ll say such criticism is a terror risk or something like that. Couch it under DHS purview, ‘anti-terror’ policy. He’d have no qualms with doing it.


59 posted on 09/18/2012 1:02:11 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

ah. I see where you are coming from.


60 posted on 09/18/2012 1:09:40 PM PDT by HenryArmitage (it was not meant that we should voyage far.)
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