Liberals in the House of Representatives are pushing for a “discharge petition” to force a vote on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2001, H.R. 1343. This effort is being spearheaded by John Conyers (D-MI). This petition currently has 44 supporters. The discharge petition needs 218 to force the legislation to a vote.
If passed, this legislation will provide special legal protections for homosexuals—and even cross-dressers and transgenders--as a minority class under federal law.
This legislation will ban alleged discrimination based on sexual orientation, whether actual or perceived, as well as “gender,” which is a code word for transgender, cross-dresser, or transvestite. Homosexual activist groups want federal legal protections for individuals with serious gender identity disorders. If this legislation passes, a businessman would be criminally liable if he “discriminated” against a man who wishes to wear a dress to work—or to use a woman’s restroom because he “thinks” he’s really a woman.
Our Special Report, “Hate Crimes: Unequal Protection Under the Law,” provides details about the dangers of hate crime legislation. http://traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/HateCrimes.pdf
Here are the names of the Representatives who have signed this discharge petition. If your Rep. is on this list, send him or her a copy of our hate crimes report and ask that he remove his name from the petition.
You may also want to send him or her a copy of our report on transgenders: http://traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=19
Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) Delahunt (D-Mass.) Olver (D-Mass.)
Capuano (D-Mass.) Rivers (D-Mich.)
McNulty, M. (D-N.Y.) McDermott (D-Wash.) DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Clayton, E. (D-N.C.) Schakowsky (D-Ill.) Kennedy, P. (D-R.I.)
Baca (D-Calif.) Lampson (D-Texas) Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)
Owens, M. (D-N.Y.) Moran, James (D-Va.) Langevin (D-R.I.)
Jones, S. (D-Ohio) Bonior (D-Mich.) Price, D. (D-N.C.)
Moore (D-Kan.) Ackerman (D-N.Y.) Velazquez (D-N.Y.)
Barrett (D-Wis.) Becerra (D-Calif.) Sherman (D-Calif.)
Lofgren (D-Calif.) Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) Payne, D. (D-N.J.)
Kildee (D-Mich.) Fattah (D-Pa.) Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.)
Capps (D-Calif.) Watson (D-Calif.) Waters (D-Calif.)
Eshoo (D-Calif.) Nadler (D-N.Y.) Harman (D-Calif.)
Lewis, John (D-Ga.) Leach (R-Iowa) Jackson-Lee, S. (D-Texas)
McGovern (D-Mass.) Evans, L. (D-Ill.) Inslee (D-Wash.)
McCollum (D-Minn.) Waxman (D-Calif.) Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Woolsey (D-Calif.) Baldwin (D-Wis.)
You can send an email to your Rep. by using this service: http://traditionalvalues.org/capwiz.php