Hate Crime Legislation Alert

Pray and Act action alert:
H.R. 1592 The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 or, the hate crimes bill, is eminently coming to a vote. Our response must be immediate. You can fond very useful information.

• Go to http://www.traditionalvalues.org/.
• Click onto the top picture of Rev. Louis P. Sheldon to watch a video on this subject.
• Click onto the headline, 'So-Called Hate Crimes Bill Paves Way For Prosecution of Christians'.

H.R. 1592 lays the groundwork for silencing the Christian viewpoint on homosexuality and marriage. This bill adds ''sexual orientation'' and ''gender identity'' as protected classes in the U.S. criminal code. These classes are based solely upon unverifiable self-identification and/or sexual behavior.

This bill mandates a separate federal criminal prosecution for state offenses for crimes motivated by actual or perceived ''sexual orientation'' and ''gender identity''. Significantly, H.R. 1592 doesn't even define what the term ''sexual orientation'' means and could include more than 25 recognized sexual behaviors.

This bill erases equality under the law and puts homosexual and transgender individuals into a special favored class. H.R. 1592 will ultimately lead to gaging and/or prosecuting Christians who speak out about these Biblically denounced behaviors.

Don't be deceived: ''hate crimes'' and ''nondiscrimination'' laws certainly sound noble and high-minded, but they aim to normalize homosexuality and ''transgenderism'' in all arenas of society. They also aim to silence and punish all opposing viewpoints.

Pray before you call.

• Ask God to stop this bill from being passed.
• Bind Satan and all of his power, influence, authority and control from your Representative and from the staffers working in the office in the Name of Jesus.
• Loose the power of the Holy Spirit upon everyone in the office and your Representative in Jesus' Name.
• Bind fear and anxiety from yourself in Jesus' Name.
• ask God to empower you by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The above suggestions for prayer should be prayed before every phone call or contact with a newspaper or elected official. Please write them down somewhere because I will not be listing them every time we have an Action Alert. See previous blogs for similar lists.

Act

• Write down what you are going to say.
• Call your NY State Representative. 1. 202.225.3121 Ask for Representative ________'s office.
• Ask for a Legislative Assistant.
• Leave a message for your Representative and ask to be informed as to how he/she voted.

Talking points:

• I very strongly oppose H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Protection Act.
• H.R. 1592 violates the constitutional concept of equal protection under the law by creating ''special'' classes of people based on sexual orientation.
• Every crime should be punished based on the action of the crime. Crimes should not be punished more severely because of the alleged ''thought behind the action''.
• H.R. 1592 paves the way for future legislation that could lead to religious persecution through ''hate speech''. Christians and other faith groups hold Biblical beliefs on the issues of homosexuality and transgenderism.
• H.R 1592 is an overreach of federal power - allowing federal government intervention into local and state affairs.
• I implore you to vote against H.R. 1592.

May God strengthen and bless you as you stand up and occupy for Him.