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The Proposed "Hate Crimes Prevention Act"

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Nonprofit and Church Legal Trends - Free Edition - July August 2007 (free edition)

The proposed law may make it a crime to preach on Romans Chapter 1 or I Corinthians Chapter 6 or even to discuss them in a Sunday School class House bill H.R. 1592 and Senate bill S. 1105 would make negative statements concerning homosexuality, such as calling the practice of homosexuality a sin from the pulpit, a “hate crime” punishable by law. This dangerous legislation would take away your freedom of speech and your freedom of religion.