(WND) - Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., today confirmed that he will fight the "hate crimes" legislation now pending in the U.S. Senate and, if necessary, will launch a filibuster against the plan that critics have dubbed the "Pedophile Protection Act."THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: What does it say of a government that gives special legal protection to pedophiles, but prosecutes Christians simply for saying that sexual perversion is a sin? We live in a time when the United States government is in the habit of calling evil good and good evil. How can God in any way honor such a government as this?
His Washington office confirmed to WND that position today, shortly after several Christian activists who have been rallying opposition to the proposal said they'd gotten word he would help.
The proposal, called the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, already has passed the House 249-175. But analysts have reported it would designate homosexuals and others with an alternative sexual lifestyle choice for special protections under federal law.
At the same time, it would leave Christian ministers open to prosecution should their statements, especially Biblical condemnations of homosexuality, be linked to any subsequent offense, by anyone, against a homosexual person....
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
U.S. Congress To Pass Pedophile Protection Act
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