During the debate over the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Religious Right groups like the American Family Association warned that the law would “criminalize negative comments concerning homosexuality” and “take away our religious freedoms.”
Tim Wildmon
Of course, none of that happened, but that hasn’t stopped anti-gay activists from making the exact same false claims again and hoping more people will fall for it.
Yesterday, AFA president Tim Wildmon appeared on The Janet Mefferd Show and alleged that if the Supreme Court overturned Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) then we will see “persecution against Christians” and restrictions on the freedom of speech.
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Wildmon: You’re headed down the road of persecution against Christians who believe in the Bible as their standard for moral behavior. In Canada now they have different rules there where you can’t even criminalize the lifestyle itself or you’ll be charged with a hate crime. You know that’s the road we’re headed down if these laws, if DOMA is struck down, if Prop 8 is struck down, then you’re headed for control of speech, even if it’s religious speech.
Ironically, the AFA’s own legal counsel, Pat Vaughn, admitted that “the Defense of Marriage Act is probably unconstitutional.”
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I, for one, would welcome hate speech laws.
What the hell?
So you acknowledge you spew hate speech and want it protected? Proof you asshats have not read the Constitution. There is no anti-Gay sentiment in the founding documents of this country. Get over yourselves.
They have them in the UK why not here.
Well he does know hate speech.
uh duh .
Laws or not I don’t see why someone would be trying to protect hateful speech…
so part of his religion is to call us fags , and queers and wishing death and disease on us? hmmmmmmmm
Such bullshit. There are people that are free to use hate speech every day about anything or anybody and its not illegal now. There are racist that are free to say what they feel and they are not arrested.
Once more to be that guy… If i hate something.. I have a right to say.. there should be no law prohibiting speech just because Some doesn’t like it… Now if that speech is continuous harassment and verbally assaults another person, there should be protection against it…
If you dont like what I say and you off yourself about it, as cruel as this sounds, that’s not my fault, as long as it its not continuous harassment and verbally assaults another person….. ONCE MORE: continuous harassment and verbally assaults another person.
I don’t think making hate speech laws will keep people from saying what they want but can’t hurt to try.
how bout minding your own business, its not like they have anything decent to say, now they worry that their rights to lie and degrade others might be in jeapordy, thats persecution alright!
God deliever us!!! These “Christians firghten the hell out of me!
And just how the F will such laws overturn the Constitution?DOMA should simply make divorce illegal as the phrase goes til death do us part.
AFA and all these other NON Profit Organizations who preach HATE, DISCRIMINATION NEED TO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS. AND KEEP THEIR BIBLES IN THEIR OWN FACES NOT EVERYONE ELSE!!!!
Duh. What an idiot.
Haha, name calling! Priceless.
Again drop dead bigot christian’s i say that with love
Typical flawed slippery slope argument. Not that hate speech laws would be a bad thing
If religious freedom means to hate, then I’m all for taking away religious freedoms.
I hope it does
Let us be!!!
Well if there’s one thing Jesus wouldn’t like, it’s a world without hate speech. Remember his famous quote, “The only thing I love is hate.”
Just look at him…
Oh wah, because my right to walk down the street holding a girl’s hand without feeling afraid for my safety is nowhere near as important as your right to yell “DYKE!” at me.
I hope so!!
Is that the worse they can come up with?
and that’s a bad thing? The best argument he can come up with is to defend hate speech>