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Conservatives Rebuke Hate Crimes Bill Ploy

September 29, 2007

Prominent Christian leaders, such as Chuck Colson and Dr. James Dobson, defended the right of people of faith to speak out on their religious beliefs.

Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship and former top aide for then President Richard Nixon, highlighted cases in Europe, Canada and even in the United States where Christians have been prosecuted for peaceful speech on the sin of homosexuality.

“In Pennsylvania, 11 Christians were prosecuted under the state’s hate crime law for preaching on a street corner against homosexuality,” he noted, referring to the case of the ten adults and one teenager who were arrested shortly after “sexual orientation” was added to the state’s hate crimes law as a victim category in 2004. The group was reportedly singing hymns and carrying signs peacefully at a homosexual celebration in Philadelphia.

“The Hate Crimes Act will be the first step to criminalize our rights as Christians to believe that some behaviors are sinful,” said Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action, in a message for a petition to oppose the bill.

“Pastors preaching from Scripture on homosexuality could be threatened with persecution and prosecution,” he noted.

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