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Hate crimes prosecution in Philadelphia.(Insider Report)
During October 7 negotiations to reconcile House and Senate versions of the 2005 defense authorization bill, negotiators for the GOP-led House succeeded in removing an amendment that would have added "sexual orientation" to the categories protected under federal "hate crime" statutes. The measure, cosponsored by Republican Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon and Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, would also have "eliminated restrictions limiting hate-crime prosecutions to cases where the victims were engaged in federally protected activities, such as voting," observed the October 8 Boston Globe.
Describing removal of the amendment as "reprehensible," Senator Kennedy vowed: "We will be back again and again, and we will continue to bring this legislation up until it is signed into law."
An incident that occurred in Philadelphia just a few days later foreshadows the "justice" Kennedy and his comrades seek to impose on our nation. On October 10, a group of 11 Christian activists, ranging in age from 17 to 72, were arrested during the city's "Outfest"--a pro-homosexual event staged to celebrate "National Coming Out Day." Led by a controversial evangelist named ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Hate crimes prosecution in Philadelphia.(Insider Report)