NEW HATE CRIME PROPOSAL

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-NYC fliers stranded on planes for hours. 3-Freeze in eastern U.S. to ease next week: forecasters. 4-Olmert urges economic sanctions for Iran. 5-Knesset Members Demand IDF Reopen Joseph´s Tomb. 6-Israel to request upgrade in EU standing. 7-Lunar Eclipse. 8-Survey Predicts Majority of Retailers Will Accept RFID Payments by Fall 2008. 9-Diss a gay? Go to jail!

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Fri Feb 16 12:00 AM EDT

FEB 15,07
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.7 COSTA RICA
MAP 3.5 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.7 PERU-BRAZIL BORDER REGION
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.6 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.4 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.3 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.5 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

FEB 14,07
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.3 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.9 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.5 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.2 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.5 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 NORTHERN PERU
MAP 4.9 OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP 2.8 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.4 TARAPACA, CHILE
MAP 2.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.9 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 3.2 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.7 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 5.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP 3.1 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.5 MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP 4.7 AZORES ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.8 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.4 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.9 EASTER ISLAND REGION
MAP 3.4 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

NYC fliers stranded on planes for hours FEB 15,07

NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways Corp. tried to calm a maelstrom of criticism Thursday, after passengers were left waiting on planes at a New York airport for as long as 11 hours during a snow and ice storm. The airline said 10 incoming and outbound flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were significantly delayed with customers on board during Wednesday's storm. Reasons included congestion, frozen equipment and an effort to keep planes ready to go in case the weather broke, said JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin.More than 250 of JetBlue's roughly 500 flights nationwide were canceled Wednesday, but fairly normal service resumed Thursday, he said.

Calling Wednesday's delays unacceptable, the airline planned to offer the affected passengers refunds and free flights.

To Cheryl Chesner, 26, unacceptable was hardly the word for the 11 hours she said she and her husband, Seth, 27, spent trying to take a JetBlue flight to Aruba for utheir honeymoon.It was the worst. It was horrific, she said. Baldwin said the Aruba flight, scheduled to leave at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, ultimately left late Wednesday night. But the Chesners went home to the Bronx.While they waited to take off, John Farrell waited to arrive. His JetBlue flight from Fort Myers, Fla., landed at 10 a.m., but passengers didn't get off until nearly 7 p.m., he said.You gotta realize the frustration you can look out the window and you can see, there's the gate, and if you let us off the plane, we can walk there, said Farrell, 48, of Brooklyn.

Onboard the planes, snack foods wore out their welcome, bathrooms became unpleasant and cabins sweltered, passengers said.They had to open the door every 20 minutes just so we could get air, said Sean Corrinet, 29, who was on a flight bound for Cancun, Mexico.

It was delayed for at least eight hours, Baldwin said.Baldwin said the jam arose as the airline sent outbound flights to the runway so they could leave immediately if the weather let up while incoming flights filled up the gates. The problem grew as some equipment used to tow planes away from gates froze to the ground, he said.We ended up with a gridlock situation where we couldn't move any of the aircraft at the gates, he said.The airline stopped incoming flights by midafternoon, Baldwin said. By about 3 p.m., the airline gave up hope that the weather would allow the planes on the runway to take off and started arranging for buses to bring passengers back, he said. But the icy weather made that a slow process, he said.We need to make sure that it's always safe for the customers, he said.JetBlue will review the day's events to determine whether it could have handled the storm differently and how to prevent similar problems from arising again, Baldwin said.On the Net:http://www.jetblue.com

Freeze in eastern U.S. to ease next week: forecasters Thu Feb 15, 12:32 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cold snap gripping the eastern United States should ease next week, ushering in warmer temperatures into March for the world's top energy consumer, meteorologists forecast Thursday.

The forecasts came as the U.S. Northeast dug out from a Wednesday snow and ice storm, the fiercest weather this year for the world's largest heating oil region after winter's warm beginning.We expect to see a turn to more moderate temperatures beginning in the later part of next week, said Mike Palmerino of DTN Meteorlogix. The last seven days of February we expect to see temperatures returning to more normal levels in the Northeast.Temperatures in the Northeast dipped to the lowest level since three years in early February, kick-starting heating fuel demand from a slow start.A survey of forecasters showed higher temperatures will arrive over the next week, with many predicting the warmer weather could last through March.

I'm beginning to think we have seen the worst of winter. This kind of warmth that we are going to see next week should hold through the start of spring, said Jim Rouiller of Planalytics Inc.Still, some said cold temperatures might get a second wind and bring more storms to the eastern half of the United States.We think that the eastern half of the country will stay colder-than-normal well through the first
half of March, said Dale Mohler of AccuWeather, adding, It is going to be more active storm-wise in the Northeast.

Olmert urges economic sanctions for Iran By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 15, 7:17 AM ET

ANKARA, Turkey - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed to a Turkish inspection of the construction work at disputed holy site in Jerusalem, the Turkish prime minister said Thursday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Olmert had shown him photographs of the construction work during a meeting between the two, but failed to convince him that it would not harm the holy sites there. The Israeli premier agreed to a Turkish suggestion for a technical team from Turkey to inspect the site, he said.The dispute centers on a new walkway Israel is building to the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount. The walkway is meant to replace an earthen ramp that partially collapsed in a snowstorm three years ago. Israeli work at the site has prompted clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police during the past week.The Turkish leader had criticized Israel for allowing the construction near a disputed holy site in Jerusalem a day before Olmert's arrival.Olmert arrived in Turkey late Wednesday for a two-day visit, hoping to discuss ways to rein in Iran's suspected efforts to build nuclear weapons.

The Israeli leader said in remarks published Thursday that tougher economic sanctions against Iran would force Tehran to review its nuclear program.The U.N. Security Council has imposed limited sanctions on Iran, but many countries are reluctant to go further and cut all trade ties to the energy-rich country. Washington has urged European nations to follow the U.S. in cutting such ties with Tehran.If economic sanctions were imposed, Iran would be forced to review its position, Olmert said in an apparent reference to a more robust approach to sanctions.I believe that Turkey and many other countries will need to change their ties with Iran, he said in an interview with Turkey's Milliyet newspaper. Turkey buys natural gas from Iran.The U.N. Security Council agreed in December to impose sanctions targeting people and programs linked to Iran's nuclear program, which the United States, the European Union and others fear is being used to make weapons. Under the Dec. 23 decision, Iran was given two months to return to negotiations.

Erdogan was expected to press Olmert to ease restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

Olmert had earlier said he expected productive talks with Turkish leaders. He was scheduled to meet with Erdogan, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Thursday before returning home.Turkey's Islamic government has good relations with both Syria and Hamas, the militant Islamic group that heads the Palestinian government, and also with Iran, with which it shares a long border. Israel considers Iran a strategic threat, suspecting that Iran is building nuclear weapons, despite its denials. Iran's president has repeatedly called for Israel to be wiped off the map. Olmert hopes to enlist Turkey in accelerated efforts to keep Iran from going nuclear.

Knesset Members Demand IDF Reopen Joseph´s Tomb
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (INN) FEB 15,07

35 Knesset Members from various political factions are calling on the IDF to renew civilian access to the tomb of the Biblical Joseph in Shechem. The site, at which Jews have gathered for prayer over the generations, has been closed to visitors for the past three years due to the dangers posed by Arab terrorists in the region.In a letter to IDF Central Command Officer Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh, the parliamentarians requested that the military authorities reopen Joseph's Tomb to Jewish visitors, taking whatever steps are necessary to ensure secure access.

The letter, initiated by National Union MK Uri Ariel, was signed by legislators from the United Torah Judaism, Shas, Likud, Kadima, Pensioners and Yisrael Beiteinu parties. All the MKs of the National Union-National Religious Party signed the letter, as did MK Moshe Sharoni, chairman of the Pensioners party, most of the Likud MKs, including presidential candidate MK Reuven Rivlin, and United Torah Judaism MKs, and five out of the twelve MKs from Shas.MK Ariel emphasized that even the Oslo Accords, which turned over civilian and military control of Shechem (Nablus) to the Palestinian Authority, recognized that Joseph's Tomb is a sanctified site for Jews. The agreements included clauses guaranteeing freedom of access and freedom of worship at the tomb. Ariel initiated the letter to Naveh at this time due to the changing of the military command in the Shechem region, which opened the door to a reevaluation of existing policy.

The tomb was first abandoned by IDF forces in 2000, at the order of then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak, when it came under intense attack by PA militiamen and police at the start of what became known as the Oslo War. IDF soldier Madhat Yusuf was killed during the PA siege on the compound, slowly bleeding to death while Israeli generals refused to give the order to storm the compound. Upon the Israeli withdrawal, Arabs swarmed the building, destroying or pilfering whatever was to be found there. In the major counter-terrorist military operation dubbed Defensive Shield, in May 2002, IDF forces returned to Shechem and to Joseph's Tomb. The military then organized monthly trips to the tomb, secured by IDF forces. The visits, which were arranged for midnight, regularly drew about 800 people. The threat of Arab terrorist attacks on Jewish pilgrims to the tomb in the past three years, however, led the local IDF commander to suspend the visits.

Israel to request upgrade in EU standing
Israel scheduled to request status equal to that of Switzerland and Norway
Itamar Eichner Published: FEB 07,07 / Israel News

Israel is trying to upgrade its standing in the European Union to be equal to that of Switzerland and Norway.Although the two countries are not members of the EU, they have free passage for people, capital and merchandise between them and the rest of the EU countries. The Israel-EU Association Council – a council of European foreign ministers who monitor European-Israeli relations – is scheduled to convene in Brussels in March, with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. The Foreign Ministry is examining options of promoting Israel's standing in the EU at the meeting. The Israeli National Security Council, representatives from ministries, the academia and NGOs are collaborating with the foreign ministry in preparation for the appeal. Among the suggestions that are being examined are allowing Israelis and European nationals to travel freely between the countries, to start businesses and open European companies in Israel and Israeli companies in Europe, ensuing from the Norwegian and Swiss relations with the rest of the EU countries.We are looking into several options to find the best way to improve our relations with the EU, senior foreign ministry staff said. It will require authorization of all the government ministries.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Lunar Eclipse - FEB 12,07

February 12, 2007: Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. Home is 100 meters away—an outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast. You're one of the construction workers.As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it.Suddenly, the lights go out.Up in the sky, a big black disk covers the sun. A red ring of fire appears where the sun was only moments before, and its glow turns the ground red beneath your feet.You've been waiting for this. It's an eclipse.Right: On the moon, the ground turns red during a lunar eclipse. This photo was taken by Doug Murray of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, during the total lunar eclipse of Oct. 27, 2004.

Asronauts on the moon are going to experience eclipses typically once or twice a year: Earth glides in front of the sun turning lunar day into a strange kind of ruddy night. It'll be one of the highlights of any lunar tour.The charm of the eclipse comes from Earth. Our planet is big enough by a factor of three to block the entire sun but, curiously, this doesn't cause complete darkness. Rays of sunlight
bend around the edge of Earth, filtering through the atmosphere. As seen from the moon, the edge of Earth lights up like a sunset-red ring of fire—one of the most beautiful sights in the solar system. (A simplified, 1.2 MB animation of the process may be seen here. Credit: Graphic artist Larry Koehn.)Can't wait until 2025? The next eclipse is right around the corner: Saturday, March 3, 2007. Stuck on Earth, we can't see the ring of fire, but we can see the red glow it produces on the moon. The phenomenon will be visible from parts of all seven continents including the eastern half of North America.In the USA, the eclipse will already be underway when the moon rises on Saturday evening.

Observing tip: Find a place with a clear view of the eastern horizon and station yourself there at sunset. As the sun goes down behind you, a red moon will rise before your eyes. Rising moons are often reddened by clouds or pollution, but this moon will be the deep, extraordinary red only seen during a lunar eclipse. As you watch it ascend into the night, imagine what it would be like to stand by Shackleton Crater watching from the opposite direction. It's not so far-fetched. NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon no later than 2020. From their polar base camp, humans will explore the countryside hunting for resources they can use to live off the land. They'll study the moon's geology, learning more about the unique potential of the moon to reveal ancient secrets of Earth and the solar system. They'll also evaluate technologies needed for future missions to Mars. And occasionally when the ground turns red, they'll pause and look up at a glowing ring in the sky. March 3rd is a good night to imagine that.

ON CNN LAST NIGHT I SEEN A STORY ABOUT A LEADER CALLING HIMSELF JESUS IN SOUTH BEACH AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE TATTOOING THEMSELVES WITH 666 AS ALLEGANCE TO THIS LEADER. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR WILL DO TO PLEDGE ALLEGANCE TO HIMSELF, HIS FOLLOWERS WILL BE MADE TO ACCEPT A CHIP IMPLANT THOUGH I BELIEVE WITH 666 IN IT. I CAN'T FIND A STORY ON CNN ABOUT THE STORY BUT IF SOMEONE FOUND IT SEND IT TO ME FOR MY SITE PLEASE. stan120032000@yahoo.ca

REVELATION 13;16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Survey Predicts Majority of Retailers Will Accept RFID Payments by Fall 2008 FEB 07,07

To fully benefit from RFID payments, retailers need to capture data related to purchasing habits, demographics and interests of customers, according to a new study.

By Mary Catherine O'Connor Feb. 7, 2007—Retailers are embracing RFID technology, with a growing number accepting or planning to accept RFID-enabled (contactless) payments in the coming months. Relatively few, however, have a clear roadmap on how to maximize a return on the investment required to adopt the payment technology, according to a new report from the Aberdeen Group, a Boston-based market research firm. More than 20 million RFID-enabled American Express, MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards have been issued over the past 20 months to consumers in the United States alone. Last fall, Aberdeen interviewed 160 retailers—most located in the United States, with a few based in Europe or Asia. Of those surveyed, nearly 20 percent said they are already accepting RFID payments. Sahir Anand, Aberdeen retail research analyst and author of the firm's newly released retail contactless payment systems report, says many of the retailers he spoke with confirmed what credit card organizations have been saying about RFID payments: they shorten transaction times and promote customer loyalty. Still, nearly half of these retailers aren't capturing data related to the purchasing habits of those making RFID transactions, or about the demographics and interests of the customers using the cards. That, says Anand, needs to change for retailers to truly benefit from the new technology.

Retailers don't know who is using the cards, says Anand. What are their spending habits? This is the type of information that retailers can gather by pulling transactional data from RFID payments into the customer data systems that most already use to analyze the spending habits of customers who use magnetic-stripe payment cards.

In some cases, Anand says, retailers do not yet have the necessary systems in place to automate this type of data collection from RFID transactions. That's because the data fields culled from payment systems are slightly different than those for magnetic-stripe cards. According to Anand, retailers should communicate with their customers who pay with RFID cards, to determine their level of satisfaction and analyze their demographics. This type of information can go into merchandizing, purchase planning and other internal systems, he says, allowing retailers to generate more sales by appealing to the buying habits of card users and increase customer loyalty.

The Aberdeen study also found that 58 percent of survey respondents—who represented a range of retailer types, including grocers, consumer electronics retailers and convenience stores—plan to begin accepting RFID payments in the next 18 to 24 months. Though this percentage is higher than Anand anticipated, he says it shows a groundswell of interest among retailers, based on three main benefits already being reported by retailers currently accepting RFID payments. The first of these benefits is an increase in transactional throughput, since customers paying with RFID cards move through lines more quickly. This not only leads to more sales revenue, they say, but also greater customer satisfaction. Secondly, the work American Express, MasterCard and Visa have done to standardize their RFID cards to a common air-interface protocol standard—ISO 14443—enables retailers to use a single point-of-sale reader to accept RFID payments with cards from all three credit-card organizations. Lastly, they report, the use of RFID-enabled payments is leading to fewer cash payments, which enables them to keep less cash in their tills. This is considered a benefit in terms of reducing employee errors and theft.

PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS

JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME

ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE
FINAL JUDGEMENT).

WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Diss a gay? Go to jail!
Activists warn Christians targeted under new hate crimes proposal
February 15, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily.com

Two Christians in Australia have been indicted for criticizing Islam, and another for criticizing Zionism. A filmmaker has been threatened with arrest for using the word homosexual rather than gay. Now a German priest faces jail time for publicly criticizing abortionists, and in Holland, fornicators and adulterers are protected classes and cannot be criticized. All courtesy of the concept of federal hate crimes legislation, which unless defeated soon could be mandatory in the United States, warns a rising chorus of critics. All that matters are the delicate feelings of members of federally protected groups, said Michael Marcavage, director of RepentAmerica.com Truth is not allowed as evidence in hate crimes trials. … A homosexual can claim emotional damage from hearing Scripture that describes his lifestyle as an abomination. He can press charges against the pastor or broadcaster who merely reads the Bible in public. The hater can be fined thousands of dollars and even imprisoned!

All this, he noted, to attack incidents that according to the FBI's 2005 Uniform Crime Report make up on one-fifteenth of 1 percent of all crimes. The language is in a new proposal pending in Congress, H.R. 254, or the David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act. That, according to Rev. Ted Pike, of the National Prayer Network, starts out with a federal police state enforcement of anti-hate laws but would, as it has in other parts of the world, lead inexorably to the end of free speech.The plan, proposed by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, is stealth legislation at its most devious, Pike has written in a campaign to alert people to the potential problems. He said people respond with, This bill just wants federal power to prosecute bias-motivated violent crimes in the states what's wrong with that? There's plenty wrong with that! he said. First, the Constitution does not grant federal government the police state privilege of being your local law enforcement. Unless the government finds evidence of slavery in the states, jury tampering, voter fraud, or crimes involving interstate commerce (where jurisdiction is unclear), the Constitution's message to the federal government is blunt and emphatic: Butt out of local law enforcement! However, Pike said the authors of the new legislation have been clever, inserting in the proposal assertions that because five states do not have hate laws, the federal government has no choice but to enhance federal enforcement of hate crimes.That includes new ranks of federal agents to address the serious national problem that exists.

Worse yet, there are some key phrases that open doors wide that many people don't want opened. For example, Pike said, the bill is to prevent and respond to alleged violations, meaning the government does not even have to wait until a hate crime has been committed but may act pre-emptively to prevent crime.Such cases already have developed in other nations, where the progressive effort to advance anti-discrimination laws are further down the road, he noted. Peter LaBarbera, of Americans for Truth, noted that in Canada and France both, legislators have been fined for publicly criticizing homosexuality. Three years ago, a Swedish hate crimes law was used to put Pastor Ake Green, who preached that homosexuality is a sin, in jail for a month. And recently, a British couple told how they were denied the chance to adopt because it was determined that their Christian faith might prejudice them against a homosexual child put in their care, LaBarbera added. Already in the United States, Catholic Charities of Boston halted all adoption operations in the state after being told under Massachusetts' pro-'gay' nondiscrimination law, only agencies that placed children in homosexual-led households would get licensed by the state. Pike said to get around the U.S. Constitution's demands for certain circumstances to exist before the federal government can intervene, the legislation blatantly adds the statement that hate crimes actually are slavery.Violence motivated by bias is a relic of slavery that can constitute badges and incidents of slavery, the proposal proclaims. Additionally, Pike notes, another absurd ruse is that hate criminals affect interstate commerce, by terrorizing their victims into traveling across state lines or not.Considering the pervasive influence of interstate commerce upon our lives, how often can the government meddle in local hate crimes enforcement? Any time, Pike wrote. In fact, this ridiculous argument could be used to justify federal intervention in a crime of any kind, since any crime victim might be scared into different spending or traveling choices.He said America's justice system requires proof of physical tangible damage before an arrest, but H.R. 254 changes that. It seeks to establish a different bias motivation' justice system, which will be defined in courts by judges, as has happened in Canada.

Judges will establish legal precedents – precedents that protect groups such as homosexuals not only from physical bias-motivated violence but also from verbal violence, Pike warned. This will include the hate speech of Bible-believing evangelical Christians. H.R. 254 thus does more than violate states' rights in law enforcement. It also leads inexorably to an end of free speech! he wrote. The plan, being supported by the powerful Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith is the seventh attempt to get such legislation turned into law just since 1998, Pike said. The bill is pending in the House Judiciary Committee, and is a streamlined version of earlier proposals that passed in the U.S. House. LaBarbera noted that in post-Christian England, the government even has set out to prosecute homophobic speech. It is almost inconceivable that the same country that gave us the rule of law and limited government and powerfully gifted Christian preachers like George Whitfield who helped shape America now bows down to the homosexual revolution of organized sin masquerading as civil rights, LaBarbera said. Is it progress to empower a legal and cultural revolution that criminalizes the common sense idea that society should put the welfare of children first by favoring natural parenting (mom and dad) over an experimental version (dad and male lover) that models perversion to innocent children in their own home? asked LaBarbera. He suggested a visit to www.StopHateCrimesNow.com to hear the testimonies of those who have had first-had experience with so-called hate crimes laws. A 75-year-old grandmother describes how she was jailed fortestifying about the Bible, in the United States.

Prime Minister Tony Blair unwittingly cut to the nub of how sexual orientation laws inevitably destroy religious freedom when he said that Britain's gay-inclusive nondiscrimination laws should not exempt Catholic adoption agencies that refuse, for reasons of faith, to place children in homosexual households: said LaBarbera. There is no place in our society for discrimination.

That’s why I support the right of gay couples to apply to adopt like any other couple. And that way there can be no exemptions for faith-based adoption agencies offering public funded services from regulations that prevent discrimination, Blair had said. Jackson-Lee's proposal states that the incidence of violence motivated by the actual or perceived sexual orientation of the victim poses a serious national problem, and that disrupts communities. Since existing federal law is inadequate and such violence affects interstate commerce and violence motivated by bias that is a relic of slavery can constitute badges and incidents of slavery, the thought police plan is needed.

Members who commented on a blog expressed alarm.

This lays the groundwork for the thought police, said onlymom, while curveboy said, the implications of such a bill would put dissent of the government under hate speech and (offenders could) be arrested and thrown into detention camps... hate bill legislations needs to be dealt with in a fine line.

once crossed there won't be any freedom of speech....Citrine89 was more terse, Scary stuff. And Mochamoma said, Hurt someone's feelings? Shall we arrest the 6th graders now or later? At www.FaithAndFreedom.us a writer warned it was another attempt to create new special rights for homosexuals.And Mary Starrett, communications director for the Constitution Party, said only strong public outcry and a Republican controlled Congress kept this type of legislation from becoming law earlier. Now that Republican controlled Congress is gone. H.R. 254 would make certain types of speech a federal offense. So-called hate crimes legislation is dangerous for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the blatant unconstitutionality of such laws. Hate crime' laws would allow federal thought police to interfere in the law enforcement authority of states and localities something our founders were clear was NOT to be allowed, she said. H.R. 254 would require every state to pass and enforce anti-hate laws. It would outlaw stating a bias against certain federally protected groups such as homosexuals, she said.

Jim Clymer, national chairman of the party, has warned such legislation could mean the Bible would be considered hate literature and preaching from it would be hate speech because of references to religious teachings on homosexuality or other behaviors. The Orwellian implications of these types of laws mean Bible-believing Christians could become criminals simply because they spoke out about their beliefs.Starrett noted in Canada and some European countries, it already is a crime to use the Internet to criticize federally protected groups such as homosexuals and Muslims. In England, two men who called Islam wicked were indicted and now face seven years in prison.A report by Concerned Women for America said the bill sends the message that it is more hateful to kill a homosexual than a little child.This bill sets the table, and places us on a slippery slope toward religious persecution, said Matt Barber, CWA's policy director for cultural issues. If it becomes law, it can easily be misapplied and used as a hammer against free speech.

This bill attempts to get into the mind of the offender and penalize him for his thoughts. Are the bill's proponents going to now lobby for a Federal Department of Thought Enforcement? Repent America, some of whose members already have served jail time simply for proclaiming the biblical message, is joining in sounding the alarm. Having been charged under Pennsylvania's hate crimes law for declaring the truth about homosexuality, I can assure you that if this bill is passed and signed into law, it will be used to put Christians behind bars, said Marcavage.