Posted on 02/03/2010 5:46:03 PM PST by AFA-Michigan
Pastors sue Holder, contend provisions violate civil rights
A team of Christian activists and pastors today filed a civil rights lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder over the "hate crimes" law that President Obama sought – and signed into law late in 2009 – alleging it violates their civil rights. The complaint states Christians now can become the target of federal investigations...for no more than opposing the activism of homosexuals...
It was filed today by the Thomas More Law Center in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of Pastors Levon Yuille, Rene Ouellette, James Combs and Gary Glenn, who is the president of the American Family Association of Michigan.
The plaintiffs include those individuals who already have faced accusations by homosexual advocates that they bear responsibility for the actions of others for no other reason than their agreement with biblical condemnations of homosexuality.
The lawsuit cited the death of Andrew Anthos, a 72-year-old Detroit man allegedly the victim of a "hate crime" because of his "sexual orientation." In that case, the executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force "blamed … Plaintiff Glenn's 'homophobic rants' for causing his death."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Obama IS a hate crime
It’s part of his belief.. hate whitey.
Glad to see the challenges to these non-Constitutional aberrations have begun!
Agreed. No thought police. Overturn this silly attempt to make politically incorrect behavior (which is whatever the left says it is) illegal. Completely unconstitutional.
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