IMPORTANT: Thought Crimes Bill, Attached to Defense Auth. Bill, Could Be Voled On Today!
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From World Net Daily: "Congressional Quarterly is reporting a defense reauthorization bill could come up for a vote as early as today, with a "hate crimes" provision that would apply penalties for politically incorrect "thoughts" still attached. "
The bill itself has been recently discussed on these forums.
'Thought Crimes,' HR 1955 Passed With 404 Votes & Will H.R. 1955 be a redefinition of McCarthyism?
In an alert, the Family Research Council is urging people to call the Conference Committee members to ask them to take the bill out of the Defense Authorization bill. Their phone numbers are included in this link:
The alert says, "If conservative negotiators are unsuccessful in excising this provision from the bill then President Bush will be forced to do one of two things. First, he could veto the bill, which would then cause delays in funding our troops in Iraq. [Or] he could sign the bill to ensure the troops receive their funds, but have the unfortunate outcome of granting the new hate crimes provision the force of law.