The Origin of "Hate Crime"

Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?  In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.

George Orwell, 1984

The Prosecutor Is No Longer Just Standing By

Did churches in ancient and medieval times sometimes overstep their bounds?  Of course, but defining Christianity in terms of the sins that have been committed in its name is like defining electricity solely as that which made the electric chair.  The key question in American society is not whether church will overawe state but whether the state will deprive Christians the freedom to criticize what the Bible says is sin.  Will media and governmental leaders accept a diversity of opinion and tolerate those who say what God has said, or will any such comments be labeled Talibanesque “hate speech”?  The prosecutor is standing by.

Marvin Olasky, Standing for Christ in a Modern Babylon. pg.65

Speak Against Homosexuality and Go to Prison

Only months after legalizing same-sex “marriage” in Canada, activists there successfully passed C-250, a bill criminalizing  public statements that could be deemed “hateful” to homosexuals, punishable by up to two years in prison!  Say the wrong thing; go to jail.  Churches in Canada cannot speak against homosexuality without fear of punishment.  The same could happen here.

Glenn T. Stanton and Dr. Bill Maier, “Marriage on Trial: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage and Parenting,” pg.42

"Hate Crime" Violates Equal Protection

The whole concept of hate crimes is flawed, because it sets up special classes of victims afforded a higher level of government protection than others victimized by similar crimes.  That violates the concept of equal protection.  It politicizes criminal prosecutions.

Robert Knight.  Cited by Janet L. Folger in "The Criminalization of Christianity," p.125