Interestingly, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) pointed out that his office had received an overwhelming amount of opposition to the bill. This opposition came predominately from religious conservatives concerned about the jailing of pastors and silencing religious speech.
This proves that even if a Senator is liberal and you think they will not listen to you—they do look at their mail. Keep it up. The homosexual crowd knows they do not have the votes to pass the bill outright so they will try and attach it as an amendment. They have promised a vote by the end of July.
Watch TVC’s video on hate crime legislation: URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON ‘JAIL-A-PASTOR/PROTECT-A-PEDOPHILE’ BILL
Two of the witnesses provided oral and written statements against hate crime legislation. One was Gail Heroit, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; the other was Brian Walsh, Senior Legal Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
This week, TVC delivered a copy of our special hate crimes report on S. 909 to the Senate, along with a cover letter explaining why hate crime legislation is a threat to religious liberty and to free speech.
TAKE ACTION: Contact your two U.S. Senators and ask that they vote NO on S. 909.
ENDA On Fast Track
The “transgender-inclusive” Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is back once again – after being defeated in 2007. The legislation will allegedly protect those with a “gender identity” different than their birth sex.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) is pushing ENDA as a way of getting gays, bisexuals, lesbians, transgenders (cross-dressers, drag queens, and transsexuals) federally protected minority status under federal law. Frank ran into trouble with the drag queen lobby in 2007 when he removed ”
A hearing will begin soon on ENDA. We will be there.
TVC has produced a wealth of material on ENDA and the threat it poses to Christian businesses, schools, radio and TV stations and other enterprises.
Andrea S. Lafferty is Executive Director for the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC), a
grassroots lobby that educates and speaks on behalf of over 43,000 churches nationwide on
issues of pro-family concern. In that capacity, she is responsible for setting TVC’s legislative
agenda and formulation of policies and strategies that promote a Judeo-Christian worldview.
Traditional Values Coalition is the only pro-family organization with a significant outreach and
membership of minorities.
Prior to joining TVC Mrs. Lafferty worked in the Reagan and Bush Administrations. She was
Deputy Director of Government Affairs for the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized
Nations serving as liaison to Cabinet officials and Members of Congress. She also served as
Special Assistant for Congressional and Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Small Business
Administration and acted as Special Assistant to the Director, at the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management. Mrs. Lafferty has also worked on Capitol Hill and in political campaigns.
She is in great demand as a consultant to public policy and grassroots organizations, as well as
candidates for public office across the country. Mrs. Lafferty receives numerous invitations to
speak before church and para-church organizations as well as political groups.
As a frequent guest on national television and commentator on a variety of issues, Mrs.
Lafferty brings the pro-family message to the American public. She has debated issues on
many fronts including: Fox News Channel, The Today Show, ABC World News Tonight,
Good Morning America, MSNBC, CNN, Politically Incorrect, as well as various talk-radio
programs. She has been quoted nationally in publications including the Associated Press,
New York Times, Knight Ridder News, the Washington Post, Washington Times, USA
Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Time Magazine, and Cosmopolitan Magazine. She has also
been featured in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe.
Washingtonian Magazine has named her one of the top lobbyists in Washington, DC.
Mrs. Lafferty has also been a community activist. For six years she coordinated FACETS, a
volunteer program through her church in Fairfax County, Virginia, which assists homeless
families. She has personally cared for a number of children from broken and emotionally
unstable homes and has served as a mentor to teenagers.
Mrs. Lafferty attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is married and has
a son.
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