U.S. Senator Introduces Bill to Spy Out “Hate Speech”

Current Events,

The American Family Association has issued a statement about a piece of legislation rolled out last month by Democratic Senator Edward Markey.

From AFA:

May 1, 2014

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) has introduced legislation for the federal government to monitor and analyze speech on the Internet, television, and radio looking for anything it considers “hate speech.”

The Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014 (S.2219) would capture Internet and other telecommunications that the government interprets as encouraging hate crimes based on gender, race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

This is a bad bill, even to the liberal Boston Herald editorial staff. It mandates that the government monitor and analyze speech and press statements that are protected by the First Amendment. The wording is deliberately fuzzy, so that although it sounds like it only addresses constitutionally unprotected speech, it reaches much further.

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“Irreplaceable” Family Coming to Theaters May 6

Family,

Focus on the Family has produced a feature-length documentary called “Irreplaceable.”

The film highlights the importance of the traditional family–a mom and dad committed to one another and their children for a lifetime–and opens in 700 theaters nationwide on May 6.

Backlash against the film ahead of its release has been surprisingly sharp. Opponents are denouncing the documentary as “hateful,” and many are pressuring theaters not to show the film.

Eric Metaxas, one of the speakers featured in “Irreplaceable,” has recorded a few comments about the controversy in his Breakpoint segment at the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Listen below.

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We have also included the trailer for the movie below. Watch it for yourself, and let us know what you think.

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Order Printed Copies of the Arkansas Voter’s Guide Today!

Arkansas Voter's Guide

As we said recently, ArkansasVotersGuide.com is now online.

We surveyed candidates running for state and federal offices in the upcoming primary elections, and we published their survey results online.

Even though the Arkansas Voter’s Guide is online, many people still need printed copies of the guide to share with friends and neighbors. If you would like to order printed copies of the guide, click here.

You can order as many copies as you need. The guide is nonpartisan, so you can pass it around your Sunday school class or Bible study; distribute copies at church; share them with members of your civic organization; or simply give them to friends who want to learn more about the candidates running for office.

Click here to request your printed copies of the Arkansas Voter’s Guide today.

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