October 22, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – “The U.S. Senate has just passed a so-called ‘hate crimes’ bill that makes as many as 30 different sexual orientations into federally-protected minority groups,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty.
“Dishonest politicians and their gay and transsexual allies attached this hate crimes bill to a must-pass defense authorization bill in order to force conservatives to vote for it.
“Liberals knew they couldn’t get this bill passed as a standalone bill, so they held our soldiers well-being hostage in order to get this dangerous anti-Christian bill passed.
“Hate crime legislation is based on the phony premise that there’s an epidemic of hate in America against LGBT (gays, bisexuals, lesbians and transgendered) persons. This is false. FBI hate crime statistics prove that most so-called hate crimes amount to little more than name-calling or pushing or shoving.
“Christians and other people of faith will now become targets for persecution and prosecution because of this hate crime provision in the Department of Defense authorization bill.
“President Obama has signed on to the LGBT agenda so he’ll sign it – and condemn millions of Americans to persecution. This is a sad day for freedom of religion and free speech.”
