Kill all three hate bills with one call or letter
By Rev. Ted Pike
29 Mar 07
While protest against the federal “anti-hate” bill, H.R.1592, is now widespread, virtually no Christian/conservative organizations except the National Prayer Network are alerting America about the other two hate bills in the House of Representatives: H.R. 984, “The Executive Branch Reform Act,” and H.R. 808, “The Department of Peace and Non-Violence Act.”
The feeling of leaders is that we would do well to keep people focused on the worst of the hate bills H.R.1592. As for the others, well…I disagree.
I was tempted to feel the same way in January when Sec. 220, which would impose crushing reporting requirements on small Christian/conservative lobbyists, was added to the Lobby Reform Bill. How could we effectively fight both the hate bill and Sec. 220 at the same time – battles on two fronts? I sounded the alarm against Sec. 220 anyway. What resulted was an upheaval of protest, smashing it in the Senate. Since then, protest against the hate bill has also dramatically increased. This proves to me that the new right is more flexible, mature, and capable of renewed protest than we might think.