Gene Taylor Gives In, Votes For “Hate Crimes” Bill, Obama Signs It

President Obama has signed HR 2647, The Defense Authorization Bill, into law this week. Included in this bill is a vast expansion of Hate Crimes legislation that will create separate classes of citizens under the law.

The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act will extend the definition of federal hate crimes and create additional penalties for violent crimes motivated by the victim’s “actual or perceived” gender, “gender identity,” sexual orientation, or disability.

In other words, a crime isn’t just a crime anymore. The punishment is now determined on what the court decides the perpetrator was thinking at the time of the crime. I’m not sure what method will be used to look at a person’s thoughts and determine whether or not that person “perceives” another person’s gender”. Sounds like a slippery slope to me.

HR 2647, The Defense Authorization Bill, didn’t originally include the Hate Crimes language. Back in June, the House passed HR 2647 with a vote of 389 YES and 22 NO (Roll# 460).

It was then sent to the Senate where the “Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act” was added and sent back to the House for a vote. The House voted to pass the Defense Authorization Act, including the “Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act” with a vote of 291 YES and 146 NO (Roll #770).

Although 120 members of Congress had the courage to stand firm and stay consistent against Hate Crimes legislation being inserted into a Defense spending bill, Gene Taylor did not. When it came down to it, Gene Taylor voted in favor of HR 2647 saying he was not going to vote against it because the Hate Crimes Act, “…is only a small part of this bill.”

While it’s true that the number of pages that the Hate Crimes Act takes up in the overall bill may be small, it’s actual language is a HUGE step towards infringing on our Constitutional right to free speech and freedom of religion and lays the groundwork to similar legislation that has been enacted in Europe.

Hate crimes legislation is already being used in parts of Europe and Canada to punish Christians who “offend” others by speaking openly and publicly about their Christian values. Even in Pennsylvania 11 Christians were arrested under similar state legislation for simply passing out flyers and reading the Bible at a Gay pride parade in 2004.

The Hate Crimes language in HR 2647, that Gene Taylor voted for, hands out federal money to states and local governments in pursuit of “preventing” hate crimes. It creates federal protections and privileges for homosexuals and other alternative lifestyles but denies those protections to other groups of citizens.

In essence it removes the blindfold from lady justice and creates a higher and lower class of citizens in the eyes of the law and the punishment handed down. Even U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder admitted that a homosexual activist who is attacked following a Christian minister’s sermon about homosexuality would be protected by the proposed federal law, but a minister attacked by a homosexual wouldn’t be.

Does this represent you south Mississippi? Is 20 years enough – or should we give Gene Taylor another term? How will you vote in 2010 to make sure that we have someone fighting for us in Washington DC?

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Tags: gene taylor voting record, hate crimes, hr 2647, matthew shepard

5 Responses to “ Gene Taylor Gives In, Votes For “Hate Crimes” Bill, Obama Signs It ”

Cornbread

Gene Taylor would have you believe that if congress voted down this defense bill with the hate crime legislation… the troop/war would go unfunded. Of course thats a lie. Congress would have been forced to remove the hate crime legislattion and then pass an actualy defense spending bill… for defense.

But if Gene Taylor would have voted against this bill…

1. MAYBE THOSE SEVEN SHIPS WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN IN THE BILL

2. OR MAYBE THOSE SEVEN SHIPS WOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT SOMEWHERE BESIDES PASCAGOULA.

And thats how Washington works… and thats why Taylor voted for Pelosi… and thats why he voted for this bill

FOR THOSE SHIPS BABY!!!!

How much of our values and morals are we willing to sell out for a fist full of dollars?

A vote for Gene is a sell out… what else could it possibly be?

The troops would have gone unfunded??? Please!
MJ

I know Joe Tegerdine would never do this http://www.citizenliberty.com
Citizen Soldier

Well said!
Terri Long-Oehmichen

Yes, I agree that we should not re-elect Gene Taylor. He has stood with us (on the coast) on certain issues such as insurance only because he lost his house and was denied coverage too.

He is luke warm as a conservative and even Jesus Christ said that he would spew the luke warm out of his mouth. One must take a stand and Gene has not done that.

OUT WITH ALL THE BLUE DOGS!! LET’S ELECT SOME TRUE CONSERVATIVES – GOD BLESS THE USA AND IT’S CONSITITUTION!!
Unca Bill

Now, the government can tell us how we are supposed to think and act. This bill, according to OUR Constitution, is immoral, illegal and an insult to the citizenry. Be very careful sir, your seat in Congress is not going to last very long if you continue to CAVE IN to the Obama administration! Regardless of party affiliation, We The People are watching you, our ELECTED official, to do OUR bidding as you sir, are OUR public servant!! You need to check with the grass roots of your constituancy prior to voting to see if this is what THEY truely want!

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What Are Your Biggest Gripes With Gene Taylor? Choose 3 Issues.

Gene Taylor voted to elect Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House... TWICE! (2006 & 2008)
Hardly a peep out of Gene Taylor for 20 years while the far-left has rammed their progressive agenda down America's throat - and in many cases he even voted to support it!
Gene Taylor voted in favor of The Defense Authorization Bil to include the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes language when he could've easily voted against it until the hate crime language was removed.
Gene Taylor went to shake a leg at a rock concert instead of attending a Senate & House meeting to discuss health care legislation... shows where his priorities are.
Gene Taylor voted to spend $4 Billion on the "Cash for Clunkers" program.
Gene Taylor voted to spend $14 Billion to bailout GM/Chrysler. (HR 7321)
Gene Taylor says he's a conservative, but he votes with the Democrat party 79% of the time, and 3 of the most liberal Congressmen (Barney Frank, Henry Waxman, and Charlie Rangel) over 80% of the time
Gene Taylor's overall disregard for the US Constitution... and he ought to be ashamed of himself for not keeping his oath to "support and defend" it.

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Conservatives like you and I are conservative by nature. We tend to take folks at their word and work too hard to come home and make sure we're really being represented in Washington DC.

If Gene Taylor tells us he's a Conservative, why shouldn't we believe him, right? This website takes a deeper look at Gene Taylor's record. You may be surprised at what you'll find here.

We live in one of the most conservative districts in America. We've had the opportunity in the past to elect a good Christian Conservative that will fight for limited government, a strong national defense, fiscal responsibility, and conservative family values - without the liberal representation Gene Taylor has given us.

Furthermore, Gene Taylor has been in Congress for 20 years. He should have seen the recent socialist legislation coming down the pipeline and fought against it. Instead, he has given his support to the most liberal Congress members that are trying to shove this legislation through.

Gene Taylor's Liberal Friends

Gene Taylor supports the most liberal members of Congress. Does this represent you?

Gene Taylor elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. That puts her 3rd in line to be our President.

Gene Taylor votes with Nancy Pelosi 69% of the time.

Gene Taylor elected Barney Frank as Chairman of the Financial Services committee, even after the failure and bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cost taxpayers billions and billions of dollars.

Gene Taylor votes with Barney Frank 81% of the time.

Gene Taylor was given the chance to investigate Charlie Rangel for tax evasion and remove him from his powerful position as Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, Gene Taylor sided with the rest of the Democrats and voted NOT to investigate Charlie Rangel.

Gene Taylor votes with Charlie Rangel 83% of the time.

Gene Taylor, What We Get For The Money

He has served 20 years as our Representative and currently earns $174,000 per year. What do we get for the money we pay him?

He has sponsored only 28 Bills in his Congressional career.

He could only muster enough support to get 11 Bills out of committee and only 5 of those Bills were passed into law.

The purpose of each of those 5 Bills was to change the name of a Federal building or to award a Congressional Medal of Honor.

On average, Gene Taylor speaks on the House floor 5 times per year. Other members of Congress average 50, 100, even 200 times per year.

What Others Say About Gene Taylor

Congressional watchdog groups agree, Gene Taylor is for a bigger, broader Federal Government.

According to GovTrack.us, Gene Taylor is a Follower, not a Leader. It's interesting to see the long list of far-left liberal members of Congress he follows.

National Taxpayers Union scores Gene Taylor a 20% out of 100%. They graded him a "F", labeling him as a "Big Spender". Other conservatives, such as Jim Demint, scored as high 96%.

American Conservative Union scores Gene Taylor a 24 out of 100, which ranks him with the other liberal Democrats. Other conservatives, such as Michele Bachmann scored as high as a perfect 100%.