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Title: Disinformation campaign against Matthew Shepard law
Post by: LostInTime on July 16, 2007, 07:31:07 AM
Pink News UK (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4943.html)
16th July 2007 11:30
GayLinkContent.com Writer

In May, the passage of the bill came after heated debate on the House floor, with opponents of the legislation parroting a massive disinformation campaign being waged by anti-gay activist groups like Focus on the Family, Family Research Council and the Traditional Values Coalition in their efforts to defeat the bill.

The Family Research Council, for example, is deceptively portraying The Matthew Shepard Act as a "thought crimes" bill, falsely asserting that the legislation could impinge on the First Amendment by penalising people for voicing non-violent anti-gay beliefs.
Title: Re: Disinformation campaign against Matthew Shepard law
Post by: HelenW on July 16, 2007, 05:13:31 PM
I guess they forgot about this one, Exodus 20:16

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."

frowns and scowls for all bigots
Emelye