Chuck Norris Against Hate-Crimes Act

"For example, presently bill S. 909 is on the fast track through the Senate, poised under the guise of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. While the bill purports to target crimes of brutality, not speech, once enacted, local justices could expand its interpretive enforcement to encompass a wider meaning than originally conceived. In the end, it could not only criminalize opinions (an unconstitutional act) but also provide elevated protection to pedophiles."

- Chuck Norris, writing once again that he is opposed to extending hate-crimes protections to LGBT people

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Name: gjdagis
Date posted: 5/22/2009 10:07:00 PM
Hometown: New York

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I can understand, and strongly support, protecting ALL people from crime. I don't accept the practice of treating people differently or making a special protective law for deviant behavior, which should be discouraged if anything.
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Name: Gary Dee
Date posted: 5/22/2009 12:48:00 AM
Hometown: Chicago

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Come on, now. What does all this name calling accomplish? Not a damned thing. What will spike their cannons is FACTS!!! You can read extracts of the bill, and whatever they quote/misquote, refute with the facts. It's time we, as a community, start acting like adults, deserving of what they, in Washington, are trying to give us. These miscreants are going to use misinformation and fear mongering to derail the bill. We, on the other hand, need to expose every lie and misstatement with cold, hard, truth. There's something to be said about the truth setting you free. Let's use that weapon to defeat them.
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Name: Tony
Date posted: 5/21/2009 10:12:00 AM
Hometown: Pittsburgh

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Hooray for the legal mind of Chuck Norris! Okay, stop laughing (or crying). Idiots like him cling to the idea that they can throw all of us under the bus because they're afraid of pedophiles and opinion police. Doofus. All I can say to them is they should just go Chuck themselves.
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Name: James
Date posted: 5/21/2009 1:21:00 AM
Hometown: Manchester, UK

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Good lord, I thought he was dead.
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Name: Mario
Date posted: 5/20/2009 11:47:00 PM
Hometown: Portland

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Does anyone really care what Chuck Norris thinks about anything??
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Name: Roy
Date posted: 5/20/2009 11:07:00 PM
Hometown: Madison

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He look like something from "Planet of the Apes."
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Name: Kevin
Date posted: 5/20/2009 10:54:00 PM
Hometown: Philly

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If opinions are at risk for being attacked due to hate crimes legislation, we would no longer have the KKK, but we do. Hate speech is of course allowed in America. Always has been and always will be. I'm not sure what Chuck Norris is concerned about. This is just a disguise for his homophobia. Oh, and since when has Chuck Norris' opinion mattered? I've been wondering that since he started campaigning for Huckabee. I thought this man was just a joke.
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Name: Lexxvs
Date posted: 5/20/2009 6:56:00 PM
Hometown: Buenos Aires

Comment:
So it was true. Too many punches and the brain suffers afterwards. And his obviously is not working properly. Not a big issue in the end.
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Name: Jon
Date posted: 5/20/2009 6:42:00 PM
Hometown: casper

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Chuck is a douchbag and a hypocrite. I don't hear him calling for the repeal of all hate crime laws. Like the part that would protect him if someone attacked him for being white, or the part that would protect him if he was attacked for being a christian. (fortunately idiot is not a protected category under hate crime laws) But suddenly it might protect queers also, can't have that! Chuck is a washed up B-movie "actor" with the IQ of a Doughnut.
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Name: TonyM
Date posted: 5/20/2009 5:41:00 PM
Hometown: NYC

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How does a discussion of the civil rights of LGBTQ citizens suddenly devolve into a promotion of pedophiles and barn-yard animal-sex. STICK TO THE TOPIC and use some of the limited intelligence the Great Designer gave you! These lame attempts at misdirections have long been tiresome. "Chuckie (once admired by me as a child), it puzzles me that you cannot see the difference."

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