- The House version of the federal "anti-hate"
bill, H.R. 1592, is scheduled for a last hearing in the Subcommittee on
Crime on Tuesday, April 24. The next day the entire House Judiciary
Committee will consider the marked-up version, making its own changes. If
approved, the bill will be sent forward to the House to be voted on, perhaps
immediately.
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- Those who love free speech must respond NOW with unprecedented
calling, not only to the member of the House from your district but to
as many members of the House of Representatives as possible. All House
members are listed at http://www.truthtellers.org/. The toll-free number
is 1-877-541-6437, or call toll 1-202-224-3121.
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- Tell them: "Please don't vote for any hate crimes
legislation. Hate laws have taken away free speech in Canada and many
European Countries."
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- Hate Bill - Even Worse Than We Imagined
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- Most persons who are concerned about imminent passage
of the federal "anti-hate" bill don't realize that S. 1105 in
the Senate and H.R. 1592 in the House are actually amendments to a federal
hate law passed in 1968. During the height of the civil rights movement,
"Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 245" stipulated that no one could verbally
"attempt to intimidate" another person (chiefly black) away from
enjoyment of their federally protected right to equal employment, public
services, housing, voting rights, jury privileges, etc. If the government
finds such verbal "intimidation" in a state and state officials
are not enforcing these guarantees, the federal government can invade states'
rights in local law enforcement, upholding Title 18.
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