Free Speech CoalitionBy: Mark Kernes (Courtesy of
AVN.com)
OneNewsNow itself is another reliable advocate for more religion in government, and for the past several weeks, various articles have railed against federal "hate crimes" legislation, which would make it a crime for anyone to "willfully cause[] bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempt[] to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of any person," but would exempt "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." [Emphasis added]
In other words, clergy can rail all they want from the pulpit about how Leviticus 20:13 prescribes that, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death" – that's protected speech.
