Censorship…

The first ammendment read this way…

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

There are two separate bills in the works which I believe would hinder free speech.  The first is the “fairness doctrine” bill.  This bill is aimed to attack the conservative talk radio and force them to give both sides of an issue.  Democrat Senator Finestein has said publically that she thinks the bill would be a good idea.  In fact she said, “I remember when there was a fairness doctrine,” she said, “and I think there was much more serious correct reporting to people.”  If that isn’t slanted I don’t know what is.  Has she listened to the liberal slant of CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC???  The fairness doctrine wouldn’t be aimed at them because they report what the liberals want to hear.  The bills would be aimed at the Rush Limabughs and the Sean Hannitys out there.  No wonder those guys on talk radio are the target, they have a large and continually growing conservative audience that speakout loudly against liberals and exposes their faults.  I believe censorship is a lousy idea and a violation of our first ammendment rights.

     Secondly, senate bill S 1105 proposes another form of censorship.  This bill would target churches and preachers.  The goal would make it against the law to call homosexuality a sin.  It would be illegal to preach on passages like Romans 1 and I Corinthians 6, which call homosexuality a perversion.  This bill owuld call all such speech a “hate crime”.  I see this as a great danger for the church.  Mark my words so that you can tell me I was right years down the road, this is just the start of a persecution against the church.  David Limbaugh wrote a great book titled, “Persecution” about the war liberals are waging against Christianity.  If you doubt me read his book.  Watch and see the day is comign when it will be illegal to speak out.  However, the truth is the truth and sometimes the truth hurts.  Censorship, is just a step away from Socialism or Communism which seeks to enforce people through legislation to think and act the way the government feels appopriate.  Christians need to step up and speak out, if this was targeting the Muslim community the outcry would be loud.  The government is attempting to silence voices it sees as theatening to them.  Therefore, by using a fear tactic they are attempting to silence their opposition.  Censorship will be a big issue we will have to face, and it limits our basic liberties, and that’s just the way it is.