-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! TVC-Daschle Bill on Homosexuality Threatens First Amendment Senators Are Blind To Dangers In Tom Daschle's Hate Crime Bill Washington, DC -- "The U.S. Senate should be a place where thoughtful deliberation takes place on legislation," said Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Rev. Louis Sheldon today. "Unfortunately, too many Senators seem willing to pass pro-homosexual bills that threaten freedom of speech and religion without any debate on the merits." Rev. Sheldon is urging the Senate to defeat passage of Sen. Tom Daschle's bill, S. 19, which is titled, "Protecting Civil Rights for All Americans Act." The bill currently has 51 sponsors in the Senate, yet there has been virtually no debate on the serious threat this poses to businesses, free speech, and religious belief. v"Under Daschle's bill, the federal government would include the 'sexual orientation' of a person as a protected class. This would prohibit so-called 'discrimination' against homosexuals and other sexual groups including cross-dressers, and transsexuals in business employment," said Sheldon. Rev. Sheldon notes that under Daschle's proposal, "sexual orientation" is defined vaguely as "homosexuality, bisexuality, or heterosexuality, whether the orientation is real or perceived." "By defining sexual orientation in such vague terms, this opens the door for all kinds of bizarre possibilities in the workplace," said Sheldon. "Should a department store, for example, be forced to allow men to wear dresses while they serve their customers? Should companies be forced to install separate restrooms for men or women going through sex change operations?" "Sexual orientation can mean anything," observed Sheldon. "Bestiality, Pedophilia, and Sado-Masochism are sexual orientations. Should federal law protect these as well as homosexuality?" TVC is deeply troubled over the effect this law will have on freedom of religion and speech in the workplace. "Will Christians in businesses be punished for expressing their belief that homosexuality is a sin?," asks Sheldon. "Will Christians be forced to undergo sensitivity training if they oppose having a cross-dresser in the cube next to them?" Christians could be forbidden from sharing what the Bible says about homosexuality if the Daschle law passes. Will God's Word be banned from the workplace? And will Daschle's bill overturn state laws criminalizing sodomy? "If Senators are so concerned about hate crimes, perhaps they should turn their attention to the fact that more than 650,000 homosexual lovers criminally assault each other every year, according to two homosexual researchers in San Francisco," says Sheldon. "The FBI says only 1,317 hate crimes were committed in 1999, yet homosexuals partners are beating each other up in record numbers. Homosexuals are 500 times as likely to beat up their own than to be victims of 'hate crimes" from non-homosexuals." Traditional Values Coalition urges the Senate to debate the serious dangers of passing laws that protect deviant sexual behaviors from "discrimination." The Daschle proposal sounds reasonable, but it contains a poison pill that will threaten the rights of millions of employers to set standards for dress and behavior in the office. Sodomy and other deviant sexual practice should not be protected by federal law. Daschle's bill should be defeated. -30- Traditional Values Coalition is an inter-denominational public policy organization comprising over 43,000 member churches. To contact Rev. Sheldon, call (202) 547-8570. TVC, 139 C Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. Web address: www.traditionalvalues.org. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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