{"id":180,"date":"2007-08-16T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=180"},"modified":"2007-08-16T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2007-08-16T17:12:13","slug":"what-will-happen-if-s1105-bill-passes-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"What will happen if S.1105 bill passes the Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are certainly no positive feelings that come to my mind when I think about the government passing &#8220;hate crimes&#8221; legislation. So, to pass along my feeling, I want to share this video that I received from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afa.net\/\" title=\"American Family Association\" target=\"_blank\">AFA<\/a> recently in an E-mail link.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a2IeC7hzCH0\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a2IeC7hzCH0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here is the information provided at <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.capwiz.com\/afanet\/callalert\/index.tt?alertid=10009606&amp;type=CO\" title=\"AFA Activism\" target=\"_blank\">the web site<\/a> of the AFA:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"cwnormal\"> \tThe Senate will be voting, as early as today, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.capwiz.com\/afanet\/issues\/bills\/?bill=9642666\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"S.1105\">S.1105<\/a>, the so-called &#8220;hate crimes&#8221; bill. Under S.1105, acts of crime committed against members of certain protected classes &#8211; including those who <strong>identify themselves<\/strong> by their <strong><em>&#8220;actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; would warrant more intense prosecution and greater penalties than the very same acts committed against heterosexuals.It would establish homosexuals as a special class of people and give them special rights.<\/p>\n<p>It is no stretch to argue that S. 1105, if enacted, will embody a national policy that will likely lead to the criminalization and civil sanction of the biblical view of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Read these two stories &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/news\/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29026\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The tragic story of Jesse Dirkhising\"><strong>The tragic story of Jesse Dirkhising<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/news\/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52711\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Woman's death at the hands of 'gay' her fault, says lawyer\"><strong>Woman&#8217;s death at hands of &#8216;gay&#8217; her fault, says lawyer<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; to see how homosexuals murdered heterosexuals but were not charged with a hate crime. Had the roles been reversed &#8211; the victims homosexual and the perpetrators heterosexual &#8211; they could have been charged. <strong>Under S.1105, homosexuals are a &#8220;protected class&#8221; while heterosexuals are not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is vitally important for you to call your two senators today and tell them to vote against S.1105, the <em>&#8220;hate crimes&#8221;<\/em> bill.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are certainly no positive feelings that come to my mind when I think about the government passing &#8220;hate crimes&#8221; legislation. So, to pass along my feeling, I want to share this video that I received from the AFA recently in an E-mail link. Here is the information provided at the web site of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=180\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What will happen if S.1105 bill passes the Senate<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-evangelism","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}