The Lion, by Faith Perkins: A Michigan “hate crime” bill, which could make using the wrong gender pronouns a felony carrying a sentence of up to 5 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, has passed the House.
House Bill 4474 defines such “hate crimes” as malicious and intentional acts, ranging from “violence” and “bodily injury” to “intimidation” based on factors such as race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
“A person is guilty of a hate crime if that person maliciously and intentionally does any of the following to an individual,” the bill reads, “based in whole or in part on an actual or perceived characteristic of that individual listed under subsection (2), regardless of the existence of any other motivating factors:
(a) Uses force or violence on another individual.
(b) Causes bodily injury to another individual.
(c) Intimidates another individual.
(d) Damages, destroys, or defaces any real, personal, digital, or online property of another individual without the consent of that individual.
(e) Threatens, by word or act, to do any of the actions described under subdivisions (a) to (d).”
The bill defines “intimidate” as “…a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable individual to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened, and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.”
While the bill claims intimidation “does not include constitutionally protected activity,” critics worry it will infringe upon the First Amendment right to free speech and undermine the principles of due process, according to Daily Mail.
“The state of Michigan is now explicitly allowing the gender delusion issue to be used as a ‘protected class,’” Rep. Angela Rigas, R-Dicstict 79, said. “This opens up numerous issues when it comes to the courts and the continued weaponization of the system against conservatives.”
The measure passed the House 59-50 on June 20 and now moves to the Senate for consideration. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has already voiced her support to sign it into law, according to Fox News.
Prophetic Link:
“Men in their blindness boast of wonderful progress and enlightenment; but the heavenly watchers see the earth filled with corruption and violence. Because of sin the atmosphere of our world has become as the atmosphere of a pesthouse.” Testimonies for the Church, Vol 6, page 10 & 11.
“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” Ephesians 4:14-15
Comments
Montoya, Richard James
Friday July 7th, 2023 at 01:51 PMAt some point bluntness will become necessary and unavoidable. that will be disagreeable to everyone. but there won’t be anything to lose then, so be blunt. death and persecution abound, so be blunt and smile. God Bless You All.
Sincerely
Richard
William Stroud
Friday July 7th, 2023 at 11:34 PMRidiculous on many levels. 1) A pronoun is a grammatical term and is used in accordance with the rules of grammar and not an individual’s whim. 2) They want to enforce this based on subjective “feelings”. Supposedly feelings of “a reasonable person”. What reasonable person thinks they should be able to hoose their own pronouns. 3) A person could be charged with a felony for following grammatical rules. 4) “Intelligent”, educated people support this nonsense. 5) America is loosing credibility and influence in the world and we are becoming a laughingstock to the world. Things will get a lot worse before Jesus comes. Oh and, as bad as this is it is probably merely a diversion to keep our little pea pickin’ brains on this ridiculousness and off of really important things like digital currency and passports. That is a real mess waiting to happen and they are trying to slip it in while we’re focused on this nonsense. Nice.
Marg Robinson
Monday July 10th, 2023 at 09:16 AMWe must always stand up for truth and not say THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF PR MAYER ETC. You should stand up for truth and admit you do believe what you said