WND has reportedmultiple times on the developing legislation – a plan that failed underPresident George W. Bush when he determined it was unnecessary and mostlikely unconstitutional.
An analysis by Shawn D. Akers, policy analyst with Liberty Counsel,said the proposal, formally known as H.R. 1913, the Local LawEnforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill in the House and S. 909 inthe Senate, would create new federal penalties against those whose”victims” were chosen based on an “actual or perceived… sexualorientation, gender identity.”
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“While the bill’s supporters have very effectively framed the billas one that will protect victims from criminal acts, the bill actuallyhas very little to do with protection. Indeed, if the bill’s draftersand supporters are to be believed, the bill only becomes relevant aftera criminal has committed an already illegal act,” Akers wrote.
“On closer analysis, the bill does not merely provide stifferpenalties for certain crimes but, rather, represents a substantive andfundamental shift away from the American ideas of free speech andGod-given immutable equality and toward the European ideas of stateapproved speech, state endorsed morality, state-given egality,” hesaid.
Foremost, the bill simply ignores the 14th Amendmentrequirements that all citizens be protected equally, providing specialprotections for homosexuals and others with alternative sexuallifestyle choices, he said.