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2003.08.15 First homosexuals opposed the Bible. Now, they are moving, across the world, toward making it illegal even to quote the Bible in public. They are already beginning a ground swell even in the U.S.
"The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has warned Catholic bishops that distributing the Vatican's latest statement on homosexuality could lead to prosecution under the 1989 Incitement to Hatred Act, and a six-month jail term." (The Irish Times, as cited in The Jerusalem Post, 2003.08.13, p. 7).
In British Columbia [Canada], a high-school teacher and Christian conservative who likes writing letters to his local newspaper stated, in one of his letters, that "homosexuality is not something to be applauded." The regulatory body for his profession, the BC College of Teachers, suspended him for a month without pay for "conduct unbecoming a member of the college."
Sweden has passed a constitutional amendment making criticism of homosexuality a crime, punishable by up to four years in jail. Expressing a moral objection to homosexuality is illegal, even on religious grounds, even in church.
In the U.S., Disney World hosts an annual homosexual day. "The photographic souvenirs of the day unearthed by National Review also included a man quaffing on a beer rising out of the unzipped pants of another chap" (The Jerusalem Post, ibid.). For simply rescheduling his family's vacation to another day to avoid "homosexual day," the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee nixed the candidacy of devout Catholic Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the Circuit Court of Appeals!!!
In New Zealand, an appeals court upheld a nationwide ban on importing a Christian video "Gay Rights/Special Rights: Inside the Homosexual Agenda".
In Saskatchewan [Canada], "The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix was fined by the Human Rights Commission for publishing an advertisement quoting biblical passages on homosexuality. Fining publishers of the Bible surely can't be far off" (The Jerusalem Post, ibid.).
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