Sheriff: Mac Holcomb 425 Blount Avenue Guntersville, AL 35976 Phone: (256) 582-2034 Fax: (256) 571-7774 Email: sheriff@marshallco.org I am proud to be an American and that I was fortunate enough to be born in Alabama. The state that has its motto "We dare defend our rights". I was raised in era, the 1940's as a child and the 1950's as a teenager, which I remember with great affection.

During this era, love of God, family, and country abounded. Men were men and women were women and there was no mistaking which was which. Both were proud of their individual roles. Homosexuality was very queer and a despicable act… an abomination.

During this era, those parents that owned televisions didn't have to worry that their children might be subjected to filth on television such as nudity, the use of God's name in vain, and other profanity because it was unheard of. Parents could allow their children to go to a movie without having to screen it first because the good guy always wore the white hats. There was no question who the "Good Guy" was. Even the "Bad Guy" in the movie didn't use foul language. During this era our nation had a conscience including the television and movie industry.

Children's school days started with the recitation of the "Lord's Prayer" and the "Pledge of Allegiance" to the flag of the United States of America.

It was a shame to break the law. Convicts worked our roadways in unmistakable clothing (black and white prisoner uniforms that clearly identified them as convicts). Their rights were to be sentenced to jail at hard labor as retribution to the victims and their crimes.

The "Ten Commandments" were proudly displayed as a reminder that the real Commander in Chief and Final Judge is God and that this nation was founded on Judeo/Christian principal. Neighbors helped each other instead of jumping at the chance to file a lawsuit.

A man's word was his bond. My word and bond to you, the citizens of Marshall County, is to do my very best to devote all my energy to do my part to return our society to the values that we once held dear.

Please join me. I need your help. Our children deserve no less.

Republican Activist Sarah Janecek, Outfront Minnesota's Ann DeGroot and yours truly all got asked to comment.

Lightning rod

Bachmann's new leadership position may force her to become more of a team player, said Sarah Janecek, co-editor of Politics in Minnesota and a Republican activist. With her demands for a vote on the gay marriage amendment last session, Janecek said, Bachmann single-handedly ground the Senate to a halt.

"She's become a lightning rod because she's so unwilling to set aside her issues for the greater good," Janecek said.

Bachmann inspires as much distaste as praise, although even opponents acknowledge her skills. Few legislators have Web sites dedicated to their political demise, but Bachmann has at least two, including a "Dump Michele Bachmann" blog maintained by Eva Young, president of the state Log Cabin Republicans, a pro-gay-rights group.

"She's much more dangerous to gay people than someone like Arlon Lindner [a legislator, defeated in November, who made controversial comments about gays], because she's articulate and very good on TV," Young said.

Ann DeGroot, executive director of OutFront Minnesota, the state's largest gay advocacy group, calls Bachmann an extremist and her approach mean-spirited. "She sees [the marriage amendment] as loving, but we don't see it as loving or the role of government to tell anybody how to live their life," she said.

But DeGroot added that Bachmann is smart and persistent. "She's an effective woman. ... I wish she were working on our side."

Erik "Recall Hatch for not defending the Sodomy Law" Lipman also weighs in:

Bachmann certainly doesn't fit the caricature of a rigid ideologue, one of the labels often attached to her. She is smartly dressed and coifed, and disarmingly self-deprecating.

"What's frustrating to some and inspiring to others is that she puts the lie to the stereotype that folks who believe in traditional concepts of marriage or family are somehow politically Amish or ugly or hateful," said former GOP legislator Eric Lipman of Lake Elmo.

I'm not sure what Lipman means by "politically Amish". Bachmann is adept at tayloring her message to different audiences. She was interviewed by Lavender Magazine last summer, and came across as reasonable rather than rabid. If you listen to her on Olive Tree Ministries, she gives a whole different impression.

Lipman continues:

"She's a modern, successful, suburban woman in the mold of many of the people that she represents."

Really? Just listen to Bachmann talking to Jan Markell at Olive Tree Ministries about the need for the Bachmann constitutional amendment. This is a "ticking time bomb", that "there is a very real threat that an Activist Judge Strike down DOMA this year." "They are targetting our children... Then we will have sexual anarchy as the norm in the land."

Senate Majority Leader - and Lutheran Pastor, Dean Johnson disagrees with Lipman.

Senate DFL Majority Leader Dean Johnson said he suspects that Bachmann is using the gay marriage ban to solidify GOP support for a future run for higher office. On a recent visit to her district, he said, he detected little interest in the issue.

"I think Senator Bachmann's singing in a different choir and a different hymn than her constituents," he said.

Interestingly enough, Michele Bachmann was one of the Jimmy Carter Democrats who changed political party in the late 70s. Her law degree comes from the Bible-based Coburn Law School, an affiliate of Oral Roberts University.

At Winona State she also met Marcus Bachmann, a social work major who shared her growing interest in politics and who, like her, was a born-again Christian. They began dating while working on Democrat Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign, and later attended his inaugural.

But Bachmann became disillusioned with Carter and the Democratic Party; the president wasn't strong enough on family issues, she thought, and the social progressive voices she heard at school seemed to clash with the words of the Founding Fathers.

Once, while on a train reading -- with growing dismay -- Gore Vidal's iconoclastic novel "1876," Bachmann said, she put down the book and asked herself, "Am I kind of going Republican?"

This ofcourse was when the Reagan campaign made the faustian deal to get support from the Leviticus Crowd in 1980.

Also rather interesting:

And she was one of 40 legislators from around the country recently honored at the White House for promoting President Bush's economic agenda.

I wonder if this was the same meeting with Bush that Senator Gerald Allen of Alabama attended. Allen, who has become notorious for introducing a bill to ban books that contain positive depictions of homosexuality ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Picture of Dorian Gray") from Alabama school libraries and college libraries, described the meeting with President Bush as covering taxes.

MR. RUSSERT: ...a widely viewed television series, particularly in the South.

REV. SHARPTON: Because...

MR. RUSSERT: Why is it that the red states...

DR. FALWELL: Because the South doesn't belong to the New Testament Church anymore than the North.

MR. RUSSERT: Right.

DR. FALWELL: We have a responsibility to preach the Gospel. But I would take that poll a little further. Among born-again, Bible-believing Christians who take
the Bible as the word of God, you'll find those stats are non...

MR. RUSSERT: They don't watch "Desperate Housewives"?

DR. FALWELL: I hope they don't.

REV. SHARPTON: You don't know. Look, Brother Russert, Brother Russert...

DR. LAND: I don't...

DR. FALWELL: I have never watched it and I've...

DR. LAND: We're in church on Sunday night. The point is--you know, look. He said we shouldn't impose values on others. Look, when a mother has an abortion, she is imposing her values on an unborn child. And it is always a fatal imposition because the baby dies.

DR. FALWELL: Amen. Amen.

REV. SHARPTON: Brother Russert, I'll tell you that people...

MR. RUSSERT: On "Desperate Housewives," Newsweek says that the creator of "Desperate Housewives" is a conservative, gay Republican.

REV. SHARPTON: That's what I was going to say. Do you find that...

DR. FALWELL: Well, the fact that he's a gay Republican means he should join the Democratic Party.

MR. RUSSERT: Conservative, gay Republican.

DR. LAND: Obviously a fiscally conservative gay Republican, not a socially. Not socially. Not socially.

REV. SHARPTON: So are you saying that there's no room in your party for people that...

DR. FALWELL: Well, I'm just glad to...

I think Falwell should go to the Constitution Party. There were other highlights from this which I will comment on later.

In my never ending quest for exposure of the real deal in politics, I'm posting a response I just got from the Brad Carson campaign to some of the nonsense being broadcast about him and his attitudes on gays and lesbians. The difference between him and Coburn on gays and lesbians is profound: Coburn is a bitter opponent while Carson is not. -- Lee Coleman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congressman Carson has stated that what goes on in people's bedrooms is a private matter. He believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman and he has voted to uphold that belief.

I hope you'll take a look at the rest of Brad Carson's policies, and while you may disagree with some of them I hope you'll find that you share common ground. Please take a look at Brad Carson's plans for the economy, health care, education, veterans, and other important issues on the website at www.bradcarson.com.

I also encourage you to look at our opponent's record. We believe Tom Coburn will take Oklahoma in a radical direction, away from what is best for our state. Tom Coburn has stated that homosexuality is the single greatest threat to our nation and he has repeatedly claimed that gay men are not monogamous but have more than 100 partners per year. We sincerely hope that you will not miss the opportunity to support a moderate Oklahoman over a man who even fellow Republicans have called "outrageous" "offensive" and "bent." Most importantly, I hope you will know that you and your views will always have a voice with a candidate who bases his decisions on debate and belief, rather than the bald ideology exhibited by our opponent.

Sincerely,
Blaine Greteman
Policy Director
Carson for Senate

The letter doesn't address the anti-gay flyers passed out by the Carson campaign.

Money quote:

Gays will have more political credibility and power if Carson is denied our votes.

A vote for Carson would be interpreted by politicians as gays are willing to stand by a Democrat no matter what. By denying Carson the gay vote, it will be interpreted by politicians that they need to adjust not just their message but their actions regarding gays.

If writing discrimination into the Constitution does not get gays mad enough to deny a politician a vote, what issue would?

What should we do?

The key is to keep the pressure on.

Did Martin Luther King dutifully follow President Kennedy simply because Kennedy was a Democrat?

No, King turned up the heat on Kennedy. King continued to make speeches and organize marches. King’s leadership resulted in political action - The Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Carson went further than being an early vocal supporter of the FMA. Carson went further than voting for the FMA. Carson recently aired TV commercials boasting of his FMA vote! He has made the FMA a central issue of his campaign.

How should we react to this?

Do we reward Carson with the office of Senate?

Is that what we do?

HNO asserts politicians will respect us more if we stand our ground against those who would campaign and vote for the FMA.

Did Kennedy say to King, as Carson seems to be saying to gays, “I’m going to vote to allow the majority population the right to deny blacks the vote, equal education and equal employment. But, give me your money, your vote and don’t cause trouble because you know I’m a Democrat and I’m better on your other issues.”

We know King’s response. He kept the pressure on.

Why shouldn’t gays have the same response to Carson as King had to Kennedy?

If Carson loses, you’ll never see another Oklahoma Democrat gay-bash in a statewide race.

This candidate called the Jeffrey Davis character, and asked if he would support an amendment that would ban gay marriage but allow civil unions - kind of like the amendment in Massachusetts. Davis said no way, so this candidate told him to go Cheney himself.

When I talked to Jeffrey Davis during the truth truck heyday, he told me that the reason we needed this constitutional amendment is to prevent a bill like the Canadian "hate speech" bill to pass here. I've always thought these were two separate issues.

Davis's site makes a point of saying they aren't an "anti-homosexual hate group". At the same time, the site posts lots of bigoted drivel about gays. So yea, whatever Jeffrey.

Delivered-To: usucceed.com-eva@usucceed.com From: "Stephen J. Bennett" To: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:11:39 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:08:14 -0400 Subject: SBM in Minneapolis, St. Paul & Chicago Update

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From Monday, Sept. 27, 2004's Chicago Tribune:

Church's stance on gays is hit
An Oak Park congregation's services against same-sex marriage draw 2 sets of protests [Steven posted full text of article]

*PS - Three camera trucks with satellite dishes, many protestors with megaphones screaming "Bennett hates gays!" Stephen Bennett lies!" and CBS, ABC and another local affiliate broadcast the interviews with Stephen and Irene as well as parts of the service. Two of the stations lied saying Stephen stated he compared homosexuality with "mental illness."

EY: Oh really.... Stephen Bennett has said the most viscious things about gays. Bennett isn't known for telling the truth on this issue.

God's truth and life transforming word got out, yet it breaks our hearts that many in the gay agenda and pro-gay media can only get their message out through the use of one thing -- lies. Secondly, at the end of the article, Stephen never said homophobic means "I hate homosexuals" -- he said homophobic means "fear of homosexuals." But again, we all know the many in the secular media never can get their stories "straight."

Watching all the local news casts in Chicago last night were disheartening -- yet the Lord was no doubt glorified!

They probably exposed the bigotry for what it was. The Leviticus Crowd was unhappy that the St Paul Pioneer Press mentioned the "Death Penalty for Homosexuals" sign at the so-called "Rally for Marriage" in St Paul.

The "Understanding the Times" Conference in Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN this past Friday and Saturday went fantastic. Featured speakers on Friday and Saturday were Stephen Bennett, Dave Hunt and Bill Koenig. Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries organized a fantastic event and it drew well over 1,000 we believe each day. Keep the Bennetts in your prayers as Stephen ministers in music at a benefit concert tonight in Arlington Heights, IL for the Illinois Family Institute.

I suppose this will help finance more "research" for Executive Director Peter LaBarbara - like the "research" he did attending International Mr Leather.

Would you like Stephen Bennett to minister at your church, conference or special event nationally? We are now booking Stephen Bennett's 2005/2006 Calendar. See Stephen Bennett's updated National Itinerary.

I think I'll pass....

There's also this radio ad...

The RNC also is running radio ads in several states urging people to register to vote.

"There is a line drawn in America today," one ad says. "On one side are the radicals trying to uproot our traditional values and our culture. They're fighting to hijack the institution of marriage, plotting to legalize partial birth abortion, and working to take God out of the pledge of allegiance and force the worst of Hollywood on the rest of America."

"Are you on their side of the line?" the ad asks before making the plea to "support conservative Republican candidates."

Politically speaking, and with all due respect to Cheney's intellect, his wealth of valuable political experience, and his obvious clout within the Bush administration, the main job of a vice president is to be available in case something happens to the head guy. How is it that the vice president took it upon himself to publicly split with the president? What's next? Saying he disagrees on Iraq?

OK, so the vice president has a lesbian daughter. Certainly, in light of that, no one can fault Dick Cheney for trying to be what he thinks is a good father. But he's not just Dick Cheney – he's Vice President Dick Cheney. As a public servant, he's not supposed to only consider what's best for his own family, but what's best for the country. And most Americans – and the President – believe that traditional marriage is best, and that the best way to protect marriage is to let the people vote on the FMA.

Cheney should have saved his personal opinions for his memoirs.

Now this is what I find so odd.... Dick Cheney was showing this crowd what "Family Values" was all about. But they don't get it. As Jon Stewart would say "oh the humanity!"

Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and especially Peter Jennings -- are standing by, big grins on their faces, ready to report the death of marriage as we know it.

If we don’t do something RIGHT NOW, "same-sex" marriage will soon be legal in all 50 states very soon.

Click the hyperlink below to tell the House Leadership and 32 Members of Congress that we have targeted as "on the fence" to pass HR 3313, a bill by Congressman John Hostettler (R-Ind.). HR 3313 would limit the authority from the federal courts to hear cases involving the section in the Defense of Marriage Act that allows States to refuse to legally recognize out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses. Tell them if they should stop judges from imposing homosexual marriage on all 50 states.

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Last week, the United States Senate was too frightened and confused by militant homosexuals and left-wing news reporters to pass a constitutional amendment to protect marriage – the most important institution in Western civilization.

Only 48 members voted for the Amendment and only 45 of those were Republicans – the so-called Majority Party!

The pro-homosexual marriage forces in Congress know that the courts will give them just what they want.

Justice Anthony Kennedy and at least four other Justices of the Supreme Court are just waiting for the opportunity to tell decent Americans that they’re ignorant, bigoted and wicked, that the Constitution guarantees homosexuals the right to marry, and that they can do just about anything they choose.

HR 3313 would say to Anthony Kennedy and the rest of the left-wingers on the Supreme Court: Keep your hands off the institution of marriage.

Click the hyperlink below to tell the House Leadership and 32 Members of Congress that we have targeted as "on the fence" to pass HR 3313, a bill by Congressman John Hostettler (R-Ind.). HR 3313 would limit the authority from the federal courts to hear cases involving the section in the Defense of Marriage Act that allows States to refuse to legally recognize out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses. Tell them if they should stop judges from imposing homosexual marriage on all 50 states.

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The bill was approved by the House Judiciary Committee on July 14th and is scheduled for a vote as early as TOMORROW!!

Don’t let the same old gang of left-wing, anti-family bullies win this one! This may be our last chance to preserve the institution of marriage and America as we know it.

Already the gay rights movement is trying to shout down their opponents and frighten members of Congress by screaming that this bill is unconstitutional.

That’s the same kind of nonsense that always comes out of their mouths.

The Constitution states unambiguously that the lower federal courts are subordinate to Congress – and so is the U.S. Supreme Court in hearing appeals, except for a few limited areas that are specifically named.

And marriage isn’t one of them.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), put it clearly and plainly, "This legislation protects the people's right to decide state marriage policy…The Constitution allows the exercise of 'judicial power,' but it does not grant the federal courts unchecked power to define the limits of its own power."

He’s right! We may not be able to save the good people of Massachusetts from Ted Kennedy and Barney Frank and a bunch of wild-eyed, judges, but we can save the rest of the states.

Click the hyperlink below to tell the House Leadership and 32 Members of Congress that we have targeted as "on the fence" to pass HR 3313, a bill by Congressman John Hostettler (R-Ind.). HR 3313 would limit the authority from the federal courts to hear cases involving the section in the Defense of Marriage Act that allows States to refuse to legally recognize out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses. Tell them if they should stop judges from imposing homosexual marriage on all 50 states.

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Left-wing Democrats are up a creek on this one.

During the last Congress, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle – one of the most obnoxious, in-your face, liberals on Capitol Hill -- inserted language into a pork-barrel bill that denied all federal courts the right to review the procedures governing forest clearing.

After that, can anyone on Capitol Hill argue that it’s O.K. to restrict federal courts in order to protect trees, but not to protect a state's marriage laws?

No way!!!

That’s why the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and all the other promoters of state-sanctified sodomy are orchestrating letters and phone calls to Congress -- trying to give the false impression that the American people want men to marry men and women to marry women.

If we let them win this one, they aren’t to blame – WE ARE!

Let’s turn the tide against the entire gay marriage movement -- this week.

Click the hyperlink below to tell the House Leadership and 32 Members of Congress that we have targeted as "on the fence" to pass HR 3313, a bill by Congressman John Hostettler (R-Ind.). HR 3313 would limit the authority from the federal courts to hear cases involving the section in the Defense of Marriage Act that allows States to refuse to legally recognize out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses. Tell them if they should stop judges from imposing homosexual marriage on all 50 states.

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This wasn't just unhinged, it was very badly written and poorly organized......

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Falwell said this:

The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say: you helped this happen."

Not sure how different that is from Phelps nonsense.
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First, he apologized.

Second, he isn't hoping they die.

Third, re: your trackback, I didn't praise CNN for refusing to air the thing; I said I wasn't really sympathetic.

I responded:

I don't think Phelps has said that he hopes gay people die - but he does say gays are going to hell. Falwell appologised ONLY after getting major fallout over this. It doesn't undo what he said.

I'll post your email to the blog.

Kalb responded:

He picketed the funeral of some poor kid who got murdered in Colorado for being gay, and apparently commemorates the day of his death every year. He's celebrating death as God's vengeance. Falwell's lamenting what he sees as a problem.

Yup, Phelps is wackier than Falwell - .... And yes, he has a image of Matthew Shepherd - a Wyoming kid - burning in hell on his website - and that's appalling. But Falwell's statement saying that gays and feminists were responsible for 9/11 was absolutely appalling. He appologised for it only under pressure. Falwell says gays should go to the ex-gay ministries - which are full of sexual abuse for vulnerable people.

Take a look at pictures of the rally in Minnesota pushed by the Dobson-Falwell types:

Signs include "Death Penalty for Homosexuals" and "No Homos as Leaders", "Bush [up arrow], God [up arrow], Gays [down arrow]" - now how is this sentiment distinct from Fred Phelps?

The Lawfully wedded site includes a Fred Phelps quote in the Leviticus Files section - and also includes quotes from others who are considered more "mainstream".... Lawfully Wedded is a conservative site opposing the FMA....

I fully support these characters right to free speech - and have always opposed hate speech codes - and laws such as there is in Canada. But more speech calling this for what it is - bigotry - is also speech. If the shoe fits.... Log Cabin Republicans inclusion of Phelps in the ad is fair.

Christian Grantham commented

I agree with those who support CNN. It seems to me that if people would have a problem with an image of Fred Phelps holding signs that say "God Hates Fags" in an ad opposing fairness, then we should also have a problem with it in an ad supporting fairness.

I'd actually have no problem with ad using Fred Phelps "God Hates Fags" signs to support their point of view. I'd also oppose efforts to shut Fred Phelps website down. Actually I've always appreciated it when Fred Phelps comes to Minnesota - especially when he goes into greater Minnesota (outside the twin cities metro area). The reason is, I think his rhetoric in the end harms the anti-gay cause.

Kalb's argument was different - that Log Cabin Republicans comparison of Phelps and Falwell is unfair.

I think this is a good compare and contrast question..... Compare and contrast the rhetoric of the Rev Fred Phelps and the Rev Jerry Falwell.

Remember all those steadfast denials by the president of the Alabama Christian Coalition that out-of-state gambling money was used to oppose the expansion of gambling at dog tracks in the state? As it turns out, there is a connection between out-of-state gambling interests and the coalition.

Money from Indian casino interests filtered their money through Washington lobbyists, who gave it to the consulting firm of Ralph Reed, the former leader of the national Christian Coalition, who used it to fight gambling expansion efforts in the Southeast with which the Indian groups did not want to compete. In Alabama, Reed worked with the Alabama Christian Coalition to fight the expansion of gambling at the existing dog tracks.

In what is one of the lamer excuses ever delivered by a public figure caught in an embarrassing situation, Reed claimed the Indian gambling groups promised that the money he received from them -- he admitted it was in the range of $1 million to $4 million was not from Indian gambling but from non-gambling enterprises.

Now John Giles, president of the Alabama Christian Coalition, is trying to distance himself from Reed. But that's not likely to work.

The Alabama Christian Coalition like other organizations of their ilk has been working to "defend the family" against gay marriage - all the while taking gambling money - which undermines families in a much more direct way.

This reminds me of when Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition took money from the Pharmeceutical companies to raise so-called "pro-life" objections to Drug reimportation legislation.

Giles said the Christian Coalition of Alabama has a longstanding policy against soliciting or accepting donations from gambling operations, and Reed has assured him that he abided by that policy when raising money for the antigambling campaign in Alabama.

Alabama law does not require nonprofit organizations like the Christian Coalition of Alabama to disclose the donors who contribute to their campaigns to defeat legislation.

Busted! This story needs more press.

The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say: you helped this happen

Log Cabin Republicans ad is correct in placing Jerry Falwell and Fred Phelps in the same category.

The Leviticus crowd is howling because the shoe fits.

Davis said his major concern was that gay marriage would lead to church ministers being put in jail for quoting bible verses (such as Leviticus 18:20). He points a bill (C-250) in Canada that he claims would make sections of the bible "hate literature." I read the text of the bill, and am not sure where they get this. Amnesty International wrote a brief in favor of this bill. Christianity Today covers the