Never forget: anti racism in any form actually means anti white. Period. End of story. — Ed.
Rep. John Conyers is reintroducing the same hate crimes bill which passed the US House two years ago, I was told yesterday by the legislative expert for Rep. Jackson-Lee. A representative of the House Judiciary Committee told me Conyers’ bill will be in Judiciary, which he heads, by Friday. The new title and bill number are not yet disclosed. Conyers’ bill gives much more dangerously invasive power to the federal government than would have been granted by the shorter, proto-hate bill HR 256 which has been in House Judiciary since early January. That shorter bill will now be abandoned.
Conyers’ bill will give government the right to enter law enforcement topunish violent hate crimes, punishing “as a principal” those pastors,writers, talk show hosts, etc. whose public speech incites violent hate crimes.It will also empower government to intervene to investigate and punish all non-violentbias crimes against persons or property. The government can do the same for allegedfelonies. Its power will massively expand, with corresponding loss of states’ rightsin law enforcement. The federal government will be able to nullify verdicts instate hate crime trials; it will force the remaining five US states without hatelaws to submit to its statutes; lastly, it will create a federal hate crimesbureaucracy to “prevent” hate crimes in America through education and other means. I warned in my recent article “Pelosi’s Hate Bill Strategy” (hereat www.truthtellers.org, March 16, 2009) that arrival of Conyers’ bill wasimminent. Rep. Jackson-Lee’s streamlined DavidRay Hate Crimes Prevention Act, HR 256, was created largely to test thewaters for opposition. For almost three months, the largest Christian/conservative “watchdog” groupshave not responded with any effective education or protest. A small but valiantprotest has been directed to members of the House Judiciary Committee, primarilyby supporters of the National Prayer Network. But Conyers and the pro-hate billDemocrats must feel emboldened by the near silence from the religious right.
We may expect the hate bill to move through the House Judiciary Committee quiterapidly, with hearings perhaps within the month. The only thing, apart from God’sgrace, that can stop the expanded hate bill from victory in the House is renewedprotest—especially to House Judiciary members. Theirnames are available here at www.truthtellers.org. Call 1-877-851-6437 ortoll 202-225-3121 and tell your members of Congress, “Pleasedon’t vote for any hate crime legislation, especially Rep. Conyers’ newhate bill being introduced this week.”