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  • News:U.S. House Approves Gay Hate Crimes Bill

    By Baptist Press May 01, 2009

    By Tom Strode, Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP --- The U.S. House of Representatives has easily approved hate crimes protections for homosexuals and transgendered individuals that opponents believe could seriously hinder religious freedom . The House voted 249-175 for the Local Law Enforcement...

  • Opinion:Mark Kirk's Feverish Defense of Hate (Thought) Crimes

    By Illinois Family Institute April 29, 2009

    By Laurie Higgins, Director of IFI's DSA - Illinois Family Institute At a Town Hall meeting on Saturday, April 25, Congressman Mark Kirk attempted to justify "hate crimes" legislation ( H.R. 1913 ) by summoning up the specter of the genocide in Bosnia, and in so doing perpetuated the erroneous...

  • Video:Nat Hentoff Delivers Speech on Hate Crime Laws

    By The Cato Institute May 14, 2009

    With the support of President Obama, so-called “ hate crime ” legislation is on the move in Congress. According to Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff , laws that punish one time for the crime and another time for the hate violate the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment and protections...

  • Opinion:FactCheck.org Skews Hate Crime Bill

    By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights June 16, 2009

    Catholic League president Bill Donohue examines the contention of Factcheck.org that the Congressional hate crimes bill does not jeopardize religious speech and does not include pedophilia as a protected class: In 2007, when the hate crimes bill was being considered, Rep. Louis Gohmert asked...

  • Opinion:Media Inexplicably Silent on Appalling Hate Crimes Law

    By The Cato Institute May 12, 2009

    By Nat Hentoff Why is the press remaining mostly silent about the so-called "hate crimes law " that passed in the House on April 29? The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in a 249-175 vote (17 Republicans joined with 231 Democrats). These Democrats should have been...

  • Opinion:Democrats Define Child Molesters as Gay

    By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights April 28, 2009

    Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains this unusual headline: “The House of Representatives will vote this week, possibly tomorrow, on a hate crimes bill championed by gay groups that includes pedophiles under the rubric of sexual orientation. This is the ultimate confession: liberal...

  • Opinion:Charges of Political "Hate Speech" Getting Out of Hand

    By Reason Foundation June 18, 2009

    Political hate speech has been all the rage in recent days. After the shocking attack at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC by a white supremacist, New York Times columnists Paul Krugman and Frank Rich have charged that the right-wing media are creating a dangerous...

  • Opinion:Federal Hate Crime Law Would Erode Civil Liberties

    By Competitive Enterprise Institute April 26, 2009

    On April 23, the House Judiciary Committee voted 15-to-12 to approve a dramatic expansion of the federal hate-crimes law . The bill, H.R. 1913, would add gender, sexual orientation, and transgender characteristics to a law originally designed to protect racial minorities. It also greatly...

  • News:CAIR Commends Fla. Jewish Group for Condemning Hate Speech

    By Council on American-Islamic Relations April 30, 2009

    WASHINGTON --- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today commended the Florida office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for condemning the anti-Islam hate of a speaker who was recently given a standing ovation at a synagogue in that state. Earlier this week, CAIR called on...

  • News:UK Bans 22 Extremists; List Includes Michael Savage

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff May 05, 2009

    For the first time, the British government's Home Secretary published a list today of people banned from the UK for stirring-up hatred and promoting their extreme views. The list covers people excluded from the United Kingdom for fostering extremism or hatred between October...

  • Video:Bill O'Reilly Lashes Out at Salon's Joan Walsh on Tiller Murder

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff June 17, 2009

    During a recent appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews, Salon editor Joan Walsh spoke about the tragic murder of famed late-term abortion provider George Tiller, citing aggressive right-wing rhetoric as fueling the kind of hate that leads to these types of crimes. Among those she mentioned...

  • Video:Is Conservative Media to Blame for Holocaust Museum Attack?

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff June 14, 2009

    According to a recent Fox News broadcast, some prominent liberal journalists are blaming conservatives, and particularly conservative media figures such as Ann Coulter, for last week's tragic shooting at the DC Holocaust Museum. Is there any truth to such charges? Fox News reports: