Bryan Fischer
Criticize homosexuality, go to jail
By Bryan Fischer
In a disturbing indication of where we are headed in America if the homosexual agenda is not stopped in its tracks, a new law has been introduced in England which will make criminals of Christians who publicly oppose the normalization of homosexual behavior, if a subjective determination is made that expressing their views led others to harassing gays.
It is designed to punish not only those who explicitly call for discrimination against gays, but even those who simply create an "atmosphere or climate" in which discrimination or harassment could be fostered.
In what is not likely to relieve the concerns of ordinary citizens, the entirely subjective decision of whether or not someone has "crossed the line" will rest with the police.
Thus if a pastor teaches that homosexuality is a form of sexual expression which is contrary to God's design, and is unhealthy and sinful, and someone who listens to him — even on the radio — or reads something he has written and then proceeds to discriminate in some way against a homosexual, that pastor could be tossed in jail.
The maximum sentence this pastor could receive (seven years) is longer than the average sentence handed out to rapists.
An example of the kind of communication that the law's supporters said would be punishable under this new law is literature that makes a connection between homosexuality and pedophilia. In other words, if an individual writes or speaks about the research-demonstrated fact that homosexuals molest children at a much, much higher rate than heterosexuals, that individual could well be sent to prison for seven years.
The UK's Justice Secretary said amazingly that throwing people in jail for exercising their freedom of speech shows "how far we have come as a society in the last ten years."
The threat to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of conscience are all too clear here, and serve as a further reminder that the homosexual agenda is not about tolerance at all but about a radical group forcing its moral views down the throats of ordinary citizens and punishing those who won't fall in line.
© Bryan Fischer
In a disturbing indication of where we are headed in America if the homosexual agenda is not stopped in its tracks, a new law has been introduced in England which will make criminals of Christians who publicly oppose the normalization of homosexual behavior, if a subjective determination is made that expressing their views led others to harassing gays.
It is designed to punish not only those who explicitly call for discrimination against gays, but even those who simply create an "atmosphere or climate" in which discrimination or harassment could be fostered.
In what is not likely to relieve the concerns of ordinary citizens, the entirely subjective decision of whether or not someone has "crossed the line" will rest with the police.
Thus if a pastor teaches that homosexuality is a form of sexual expression which is contrary to God's design, and is unhealthy and sinful, and someone who listens to him — even on the radio — or reads something he has written and then proceeds to discriminate in some way against a homosexual, that pastor could be tossed in jail.
The maximum sentence this pastor could receive (seven years) is longer than the average sentence handed out to rapists.
An example of the kind of communication that the law's supporters said would be punishable under this new law is literature that makes a connection between homosexuality and pedophilia. In other words, if an individual writes or speaks about the research-demonstrated fact that homosexuals molest children at a much, much higher rate than heterosexuals, that individual could well be sent to prison for seven years.
The UK's Justice Secretary said amazingly that throwing people in jail for exercising their freedom of speech shows "how far we have come as a society in the last ten years."
The threat to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of conscience are all too clear here, and serve as a further reminder that the homosexual agenda is not about tolerance at all but about a radical group forcing its moral views down the throats of ordinary citizens and punishing those who won't fall in line.
© Bryan Fischer
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