Worst Attack on First Amendment Freedoms

of Speech, Religion in American History

By Rev. MICHAEL BRESCIANI

While America slept on Wednesday April 25 we woke up to find headlines about how Michelle Obama likes to sneak out and eat at fun restaurants. Not so well covered by the media was the passage of the Hate Crimes bill re-introduced and passed in committee by John Conyers (D-MI).

The bill co-sponsored along with 42 other representatives and crafted by openly gay Congressmen Barney Frank is riddled with gay agenda politics and disregards the will of the people. It was introduced between sessions when little attention is being paid to discussions or votes in the house and is rife with skullduggeries. Have legislators now come to the place where their own personal lifestyles can get some lawful credence if they think it deserves it?

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By Rev. MICHAEL BRESCIANI

The strongest conservative may have had a moment when they actually wanted to chant the change mantra. Guided by conscience, reason, historical precedent or just good old fashioned caution; in our heart of hearts we knew it was made to sound all too easy.

When a slogan becomes the battle cry in a political campaign and is accepted in place of a clear and defining policy the excited soon become the exasperated. The call to follow without clear parameters is just another way of saying “trust me.” Those who did may have slightly outnumbered those who didn’t but the missing definition was soon to follow.

Part of that definition can be seen in the report issued by the head of Homeland Security. The report warns against returning veterans people who disdain abortion, listening to prophecy preachers and those who can’t settle in on the “all religions are good” claptrap. No one could have said it better than author and Fox News’ strategist Ralph Peters in the article “The Vet Threat” posted on the famed internet blog ‘Exile Street.’ Peters said “Thank God, DHS has a fearless leader, Janet-from-another-planet Napolitano, who isn’t afraid to call white trash “white trash…your tax dollars at work.”

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