tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post8370614978087313931..comments2024-03-24T23:41:23.944-07:00Comments on Talk Wisdom: One Ongoing BattleChristinewjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-41739900140203991422009-07-01T08:38:04.940-07:002009-07-01T08:38:04.940-07:00protected class status will never stop murders or ...protected class status will never stop murders or murderers. It will only make prisons larger.<br /><br />People's hearts have to be changed by Christ through hearing the gospel and repenting of their sin.<br /><br />Thats both gays and the murderers.<br /><br />I do have a question.<br /><br />Why is there no attention on gays who murder other gays? <br /><br />Shouldnt they be charged under a hate crime law since no one murders someone they love?gcmwatchhttp://www.gcmwatch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-77691400898746059292009-06-30T07:18:00.835-07:002009-06-30T07:18:00.835-07:00Marie,
There are several problems with finding ce...Marie,<br /><br />There are several problems with finding certain people who engage in a particular type of behavior as a "protected class." I will name just a few.<br /><br />1. The fact that the law itself, can be abused by dishonest people. Case in point. The entire Matthew Shepard case fell flat once it was revealed by the perpetrators that they killed the man for his money. Matthew's death was brutal and tragic - to say the least. However, making him the "poster boy" for hate crimes legislation turned out to be a false allegation. Also, there have been many instances where gays and lesbians have made up their attacks.<br /><br />2. There are elderly people who are beat up, killed and generally harassed as well. Why not name them as a special class? Answer: because ALL CLASSES OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PROTECTED IN EXISTING LAW.<br /><br />3. When the hate crimes bill language was being debated, ex-gay people asked that they, too, be placed in the protected class. They were turned down. Why? Because they didn't "fit" within the ideology of the liberal left homosexual activist groups - that's why.<br /><br />4. The "hate crimes" bill would punish people for their "thoughts." If a gay person is harassed or killed, how would it be determined that they were killed because of their self-identification as "gay" or, as in the case of Shepard, because of a different reason? In the Shepard case, the murderers were given life in prison. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that they could have gotten the death penalty, but the murdered man's mother didn't want that.<br /><br />5. Please do a search on Ake Green of Sweden. You will learn how far "hate crimes" legislation went to harass, charge, convict, and jail a pastor who preached from the Bible about the sin of homosexuality AT HIS CHURCH and was reported for a hate crime. After YEARS of pain, suffering, jail time, expense, etc. he was exonerated. This is the danger that "hate crimes" presents against freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and especially, the freedom to preach from the Bible about the sin of homosexual behavior which, as many born again ex-gays can tell you, can be confessed by the individual, repented of, and released from such bondage through the power of God in Christ Jesus.Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-55163814682275654382009-06-29T15:38:57.199-07:002009-06-29T15:38:57.199-07:00A hope they are found to be a protected class as t...A hope they are found to be a protected class as they would fall under the legal definition of:<br />"a group of people protected from discrimination and harassment."<br /><br />With the number of gays and lesbians that are beat up, killed and generally harassed - they deserve this protection.<br /><br />Religion already has this protection under under the Federal definition and that is definitely a choice.Marienoreply@blogger.com