Rick Perlstein of TomPaine.com writes today about right-wing christian talk radio’s campaign to misrepresent the new hate crimes legislation that adds sexual orientation to the list of protective categories.
Dobson, Land, Ankerberg, et. al. say this legislation will make it a crime to preach against homosexuality in the pulpit. Uh, no it won’t, gentleman, so stop lying about it.
Perlstein writes, “How badly are they lying?…They’re specifically contradicting the precise text of the bill. Which adds language, to avoid misunderstanding, to the effect that ‘Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech or free exercise clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution.’
Commandment Amendment: Thou shalt not bear false witness unless it serves to further your narrow-minded, homophobic, reactionary agenda.
