Response to Senator Blanche Lincoln Email Saying She Supports Hate Crime Bill

Arkansas based Women's Prayer and Action Group have responded to an email by Arkansas U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln sent constituents. "Senator Lincoln, you said in your email that you support the hate crime bill. Are you aware that under the proposed hate crime bill an offender could be punished more severely for violent speech against a homosexual with the NAMBLA group (a group that actually encourages molesting children) than for violating an innocent child. According to FBI reports, there were only 6 murders related to hate crimes in 2005, but there are 2,000 children under 18 murdered every year." (Senator Lincoln co-sponsored the hate crime bill in 2001 and is a co-sponsor of the hate crime bill this year. She voted to add sexual orientation to the definition of hate crimes in 2000 and 2002, and voted against the federal marriage amendment in 2006.) [Read More]

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