#9 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2009-07-11 11:51 AM - "and one of the laws that Dems have pushed lately is pretty close to this with a portion of the hate crime bill that is in congress.
"It would criminalize some teachings of the bible and in fact that has already happened in some European country...."
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If I, as a pastor, would quote these verses from the pulpit (Revelation 22:14-15), I could immediately be arrested for violation of the Federal Hate Crimes Bill, and be handcuffed and carted off to jail, all because I slandered the sexually immoral. Or, if I slur someone just because of their race, the same thing happens.
This has happened in Europe and in Canada. We think we are in utopia in America, but so as the world falls, so does this nation. And falling it quickly is.
There is a law that was submitted to the California legislature some time back saying that if a person demeaned a homosexual in any way, that person owed the defamed $25,000 cash. But, if a person demeans a Christian, nothing happens and all is okay.
Thank God, it did not pass .... but I guarantee that we will see it again and again until it does pass. What I don't understand is why is it not both ways? You can slander and demean a Christian all day long, and that is totally acceptable.
I do not believe in slamming people for what they are or who they are, as we are commanded by Jesus to love our enemies - and that includes those who hate us. I feel that if Jesus came the first time, not to condemn but to love, I have no right to do anything less. It is, after all, the crime and not the criminal that we are against.
Watch out, folks. America is on the top of a bubble, and it is pretty evident by our laws which way we are going to slide off of it.
