Conservative pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of the newly expanded hate crimes law.
Calling the new law - which broadens the definition of federal hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity - a clear threat to religious liberty, the group sought to defend their freedom to proclaim biblical truths.
"You may choose to disbelieve or disagree with us but you have no right to seek to silence us," said Dr. Rick Scarborough, president of Vision America Action, as pro-gay clergy and some from the gay and lesbian community gathered with signs reading "My love is legit."
"If this law is used to silence me or any of these preachers for speaking the truth, then we will be forced to conscientiously defy it," Scarborough declared. "That is my calling as a Christian and my right as an American citizen."
After a decade-long dispute, the hate crimes legislation was tacked on to a must-pass defense appropriations bill this year and passed by the House and Senate. President Barack Obama signed the bill last month.
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Source: Lillian Kwon, Reporter, Christian Post
"You may choose to disbelieve or disagree with us but you have no right to seek to silence us," said Dr. Rick Scarborough, president of Vision America Action, as pro-gay clergy and some from the gay and lesbian community gathered with signs reading "My love is legit."
"If this law is used to silence me or any of these preachers for speaking the truth, then we will be forced to conscientiously defy it," Scarborough declared. "That is my calling as a Christian and my right as an American citizen."
After a decade-long dispute, the hate crimes legislation was tacked on to a must-pass defense appropriations bill this year and passed by the House and Senate. President Barack Obama signed the bill last month.
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Source: Lillian Kwon, Reporter, Christian Post
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