PhoboQuotable - Matt Barber

"If H.R. 1913 becomes law, actual violence or injury need not take place for a “hate crime” to occur. For example, if a group of Christians are at a 'gay pride' parade and a one of them gently places his hand on a homosexual’s shoulder and shares that there is freedom from homosexuality through a relationship with Jesus Christ, then, voila, we have a battery and, consequently, a felony “hate crime.”

"But the Christian needn’t even touch the homosexual. If the homosexual merely claims he was subjectively placed in 'apprehension of bodily injury' by the Christian’s words then, again, the Christian can be thrown in prison for a felony “hate crime.” The FBI has included mere words – “insults” and “intimidation” – in calculating “hate crimes” statistics and – under the current political regime in Washington – there’s every reason to believe they’ll subjectively consider “insults” and “intimidation” (read: traditional sexual morality) for purposes of prosecuting “hate crimes.”

"Yes, it’s a brave new world and with H.R. 1913 – among other things – a once free America has moved, both literally and figuratively, a quarter of a century beyond Orwell’s 1984." - Liberty Counsel spokesdouche Matt Barber writing about the hate crimes legislation currently before Congress. Barber contends that most hate crimes against gays are either fabricated or were crimes unrelated to the victims' homosexuality.