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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

FREE SPEECH UNDER ATTACK BY OBAMA ADMINISTRATION


When I first read that the United Nations Human Rights Council had passed a resolution calling on individual nations to restrict critical expressions of various religions, and that the United States had signed on to it, I was alarmed. Now, we learn that not only did the USA sign on to this resolution against free speech, it sponsored it. If that does not give you cause for pause, have your heart checked to see if you are still alive.


The resolution "demands that all nations condemn and criminalize 'any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.'"


Speaking for the United States on behalf of the plan, Chargé ad interim Douglas M. Griffiths said the effort was intended to build on the commitment from President Obama in a Cairo speech that the U.S. was ready to "help bridg[e] the unhelpful divide regarding freedom of opinion and expression," according to the U.N.


This resolution is aimed at criticisms of Islam. You may be sure that it will not limit in any way criticisms about Christianity. It has always been open season on Christians.


Speaking for the United States on behalf of the plan, Chargé ad interim Douglas M. Griffiths said the effort was intended to build on the commitment from President Obama in a Cairo speech that the U.S. was ready to "help bridg[e] the unhelpful divide regarding freedom of opinion and expression," according to the U.N.
Freedoms in the USA are being eroded by the Obama administration little by little.


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