House Church Talk - Warning to brothers and sisters in Christ concerningfree speech

[Rick Johnson]

I too have had trouble connecting the dots here.

One one side of the issue, I can see how homosexuals could use this to
attack Christians who preach against their lifestyle.  
Then again, Christians who are attacked for their speech can stand on the
Constitution.

If we take into consideration how badly the Constitution is abused today,
I can see the reason for concern.

Not a Legal Beagle,

Rick




On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 08:41:25 -0700 <pellfamily at earthlink.net> writes:
> Having viewed this page, scanned it briefly, and searched the term 
> "speech,"
> I have copied and pasted the only section where I could find 
> reference to
> one's speech being considered a criminal act.  It is referred to 
> again later
> in the document, in essentially the same terms:
> 
> "(j) Speech alone is not sufficient to support an action brought
> pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), except upon a showing that the
> speech itself threatens violence against a specific person or group
> of persons; and the person or group of persons against whom the
> threat is directed reasonably fears that, because of the speech,
> violence will be committed against them or their property and that
> the person threatening violence had the apparent ability to carry 
> out
> the threat."
> 
> Considering that one's "religion" is also protected from 
> discrimination, I
> would think the case could be made that if someone attempts to 
> prosecute me
> based on my religious opinions, they are in fact violating my 
> constitution
> rights and thereby committing a hate crime according to SB 1234.
> 
> Of course, I'm not a lawyer, just an ever-learning believer,
> 
> Ruth Pell
> Quincy, CA
> 
> 

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