The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider on TUESDAY a hate crimes bill that would not only criminalize free speech but provide elevated protection to pedophiles and others with alternative “gender identities” such as voyeurism and exhibitionism.An analysis by Shawn D. Akers, policy analyst with Liberty Counsel, said the proposal, formally known as H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill in the House and S. 909 in the Senate, would create new federal penalties against those whose “victims” were chosen based on an “actual or perceived… sexual orientation, gender identity.”
Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, has pointed out that under this legislation, if an exhibitionist flashes a woman, and she responds by slapping him with her purse, he has probably committed a misdemeanor while she has committed a federal felony hate crime. “That’s how ludicrous this situation is,” said Gohmert, who fought in committee and in the House (where it was approved 249-175) to correct some of the failings, including his repeated requests for definitions in the bill for terms such as “sexual orientation.”
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