B'Nai B'Rith Tailor-Makes Hate Laws for Different Countries

By Rev. Ted Pike

B'Nai B'Rith International, with its network of 2300 lodges worldwide, has effectively convinced most governments of the western, industrialized democracies to adopt its anti-hate laws.

Such Orwellian legislation effectively curtails public criticism of federally protected groups, such as homosexuals. It says "bias" against such groups, especially homosexuals, equals "hate."

Yet, B'Nai B'Rith and its civil liberties arm, the Anti-Defamation League, have carefully tailored hate laws to be compatible to two political systems: those of the European style, which do not guarantee protection of unpopular speech, and the American, which, through the First Amendment, does.

As a result, in countries such as Sweden and Canada, not having to respect First Amendment protection, B'Nai B'Rith has been very direct in defining "hate crime." It is, quite simply, hurting the feelings of a member of a protected group.

Thus, if scripture is quoted by a pastor or broadcaster that is critical of the homosexual life-style, and a homosexual claims he has felt "intimidated," then the offender can face harsh fines and imprisonment. Truth is not allowed as evidence in the hate crimes tribunal courts.

In America, the B'Nai B'Rith/ADL definition of a hate crime is different. Knowing that free speech could not so easily be made illegal, a "hate crime" is defined as a crime, as small as petty vandalism or as great as murder, that is motivated by bias against a member of a protected group.

The ADL's American definition has proved extremely well-received by legislatures in 47 U S states, who, under intense ADL lobbying, primarily during the 1990s, incorporated some version of it into their state "anti-hate" laws.

Although the ADL's American definition of hate crime does not as quickly end free speech as the European version, it is still extremely dangerous and prone to abuse. As the nation saw on Oct. 10th, 2004, the ADL's Pennsylvania hate law, which is typical of its many state laws, quickly overflowed the constitutional rights of eleven Christians, arresting them as "hate criminals." Their bias against the gay life-style stereotyped them as "haters" in the eyes of ADL-indoctrinated police. The Christians' use of a megaphone was quickly trumped up to be an "instrument of crime" "inciting to riot" a homosexual crowd by the "fighting words" from the Bible that came through it.

The B'Nai B'Rith/ADL definition of a "hate crime" in America, though seeming more restrained than the Canadian/European brand, is thus a transition to the same thing: loss of free speech for all who dare criticize those whom the ADL wants to protect.

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