Fines
and Jail for Citizens Free Speech Slipped into Anti Bully Bill in Mass.
E-mail | March 10, 2010 | MassResistance
March 10, 2010
Massachusetts Senate to vote on draconian bill to
punish criticism of homosexuality with fine & jail term. Sneaked language into unrelated school "anti-bullying"
bill. Apparently aimed at MassResistance!
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate votes on a
bill containing draconian language that would criminalize criticism of
homosexuality published on Web sites and other media with fines of up to a
thousand dollars and imprisonment.
The language was apparently added to
specifically target MassResistance which
has publicly exposed many the homosexual and transgender movement's outrageous
activities, largely funded by tax dollars, particularly regarding children. In
addition, MassResistance has angered the homosexual lobby with hard-hitting
State House testimony at several public hearings in recent months, and
embarrassed legislators by posting videos of their anti-family remarks at State
House functions and photos of them at gay lobbying events. A few weeks ago the
Senate President's office called our office about a photo and comment we posted
from the "transgender lobby day". To put it lightly, they're not too
happy with us.
The bill would write following into the
Massachusetts General Laws:
"Whoever publishes any false
material whether written, printed, electronic, televised, or broadcast with
intent to maliciously promote hatred of any group of persons in the
commonwealth because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex,
sexual orientation, or disability shall be guilty of libel and shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than one year, or both."
This is very extreme. Similar laws have been
used in
The strategy of labeling of people with
traditional values as "haters" (or "hate groups") and their
reasoned arguments (or normal reactions to blatant perversion) as
"hatred" is offensive and detestable. But the Massachusetts
Legislature seems to have no problem with that.
Language apparently added at last minute by
committee chairmen
This was included as a separate unrelated section
of bill S2283, which is a very troubling bill overall. It is a comprehensive
school "anti-bullying" bill which is being heavily promoted by the
homosexual lobby and other special-interest groups.
The bill, S2283,
titled "An Act Relative to Bullying in Schools", was drafted
last month by the Joint Education Committee. Bill S2283 is a consolidation
of sixteen
anti-bullying bills filed at the beginning of the session, according to
the State House website. The
public hearing for those bills - at which MassResistance testified - was on
Nov. 17, 2009.
However, (1) none of those sixteen bills had
this extra language in it. Moreover, (2) the entire bill except for that
section deals with students relating to other students regarding
"bullying" in schools. But that section addresses the entire
population regarding "hatred" of classes of people.
This was clearly put in afterwards, for the
specific purpose of stopping groups like MassResistance.
The language appears to have been added to the
bill by chairmen of the Joint Education Committee, Rep. Martha Walz (D-Boston)
and Sen. Robert O'Leary (D-Barnstable), who have publicly taken responsibility
for the content of the bill. Both of them have significant anti-family voting
records and were visibly hostile during the public hearings that MassResistance
testified at. In addition, they've been working closely with the coalition of
special-interest groups pushing the "anti-bullying" bill, which
includes the major homosexual and transgender lobby groups.
"Criminalizing Christianity"
There have already been instances in
This is
the direction that the homosexual movement wants to take
Take action RIGHT NOW:
Call Senate President Therese
Murray: 617-722-1500
(Leave a message if you have to.)
Email: Therese.Murray@state.ma.us
Tell her: Do NOT pass S2283 on Thursday. DO NOT attempt to criminalize
our right of free speech on pro-family values. We WON'T stand for it!