Sign Our Petition Today.

We agree that violent crimes should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

We agree that all Americans should receive equal justice under the law.

However, we urge you to actively oppose all "hate crimes" bills which allow federal prosecution for crimes based on "actual or perceived" sexual orientation.

Hate Crimes legislation is ultimately a Thought Crime law, allowing citizens to be prosecuted for their religious beliefs.

Hate Crimes legislation is a violation of our First Amendment rights of Free Speech and Free Exercise of Religion.

Hate Crimes legislation creates a special class of people based on their "sexual orientation" or "gender identity."

The Constitutional rights of pastors and religious individuals to peacefully disagree on issues of sexual orientation should be protected.

The future of America is in your hands. Please stop this discriminating legislation from passing.

Protect the free speech of pastors and churches

"Hate crime" legislation will lay the legal foundation and framework for investigating, prosecuting and persecuting pastors, business owners, and anyone else whose actions reflect their faith.

Violent attacks upon people or property are already illegal, regardless of the motive behind them. With "hate crime" laws, however, people are essentially given one penalty for the actions they engaged in, and an additional penalty for the politically incorrect thoughts that allegedly motivated those actions.

Approximately half the "hate crimes" in the FBI statistics are considered "intimidation" and the new legislation will establish a new federal offense for so-called "hate crimes" and add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" as protected classes.

"Intimidation" has already been broadly interpreted to include the public criticism of homosexuality.

"Hate crime" legislation seeks to federalize millions of state and local crimes, creating a two-tiered system of justice.