Senate Armed Services Chair Carl Levin (D-Mich.) confirmed that a "hate crimes" bill will make its debut in a matter of days. Levin said he plans to attach an expansion of hate crimes law to the defense policy bill, meaning that a vote on the legislation, S. 909, could be as early as this week. Conservatives have been bracing for a fast and furious push, but we need you to engage immediately. Contact your senators today and urge them to reject the bill. Both Republicans and Democrats need to be reminded that our laws should not create special protections for people based upon their sexual behavior.

And don't assume that Democrats won't listen to your objections. There are plenty of Democrats who are either conservative or represent conservative states, and they can't afford to turn a deaf ear to voters. Sens. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Bob Casey (Penn.), Tim Johnson (S.D.), Jim Webb (Va.), and Mark Warner (Va.) promised to govern from the middle. Ask them to prove it by voting against S. 909.

All the countries that have such laws have problems with it.

People's free speech has been ripped away from them. In Canada, a black
woman merely wrote about how she did not appreciate how the homosexuals
compared their suffering to those of slaves, and she lost her job over it.

* A Christian was fined $6,000 for printing 3 Bible verses against
homosexuality. A newspaper was fined $6,000 for accepting his ad.

A Christian printer was fined $5,000 for refusing to print stationery for
homosexual activists. He was bankrupted after spending $175,000 contesting
the charge.

A Christian was fined $35,000 for distributing "hate literature"--tracts
critical of homosexuality.

* Church school administrators were forced to hire a known homosexual,
under threat of prison.

In Sweden,

* A pastor faced prison for reading from the pulpit Scriptures critical of
homosexuality.

In England-has a law that would put hate crime offenders in jail up to 7
years(this is a higher punishment than rape).

Also there is not an alarming rate of violence to warrant such a bill.
In 2007 almost 51% of all "hate crimes" were motivated by racial bias. The
next largest category is religion, at 18.4%. Sexual orientation is third
at 16.6% and is fairly steady over the years both in percentage and raw
numbers. There is no evidence of a dramatic rise in the number of reported
sexual orientation "hate crimes".
In 2007, a total of 7,426 incidents of "hate crimes" were reported in the
U.S., including race, religion, gender and other categories. Of these,
1,265 (approximately 16.6 %) were classified as motivated by "sexual
orientation" bias. Seventy-five percent of these fell into categories such
as vandalism, name-calling, and pushing and shoving.
In 2007, 855,856 cases of aggravated assault were reported. Of those, 242
were allegedly motivated by sexual orientation bias - approximately 3 out
of every 10,000.

So there is no dire circumstances that need such a law. And if you were to
say that they would need protection from bodily harm there is already a
law for that so such a bill is not needed and can only be viewed to be a
threat to free speach and religious freedoms.