GOP support for hate crimes bill. (Insider Report).According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the March 18th issue of The Advocate, Republican supporters in the Senate of homosexual "rights," including Oregon Senator Gordon Smith
Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is Oregon's junior United States Senator, currently serving his second term. He is a member of the Republican Party. , "say passage of a hate-crimes bill would be the best way to prove that Republicans aren't bigots" in the wake of the Trent Lott fiasco. "Even Senate Judiciary Committee The U.S. Senate established the Committee on the Judiciary on December 10, 1816, as one of the original 11 standing committees. It is also one of the most powerful committees in Congress; among its wide range of jurisdictions is investigation of federal judicial nominees and oversight of chairman Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and Taxation and IRS (R-Utah), once an opponent of such legislation, now says he is open to it and that he is working with Sen. Ted Kennedy For other persons named Ted Kennedy, see Ted Kennedy (disambiguation). Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. (D-Mass.) on a new, gay-inclusive version of a hate-crimes bill." "If it's written right," insists Hatch Hatch may refer to: Actions and objects
"I'm very confident that a hate-crimes bill will pass by a very wide margin in the 108th Congress," Sen. Smith told the homosexual-themed publication in an interview. During a recent Republican leadership conference, Smith told fellow GOP legislators "that if you want to change your image, you should support hate-crimes legislation, because this is consistent with the civil rights views that the majority of Republicans have." That such laws are utterly inconsistent with the Constitution and the moral foundations of our society apparently matters little to image-obsessed political hacks like Smith. Smith also predicts that passage of a national "gay-friendly" hate-crime law will be "the straw that breaks the camel's back. Once you deal with that, you can deal with ... other things" -- such as homosexual "marriage" or its equivalent, federal anti-discrimination protections for homosexuals, and other forms of radical social engineering. "I think [gay rights] is an idea whose time is arriving," gloats Smith. |
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