If you want to see the near future for all God-fearing, Bible-believing
Christians, then just consider the following article from the online edition
of the British tabloid Daily Mail.

As I reported to everyone three weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives
voted to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to include
those which are committed because of a person's sexual orientation. With
this expansion of US hate crime laws, is the day far off when we too will be
treated just like this Christian grandmother?

It is troubling to know that here where I live, their is also a bill which
is slowly making its way through the Legislature. The vociferous gay and
lesbian minority know that they will never change how we Christians feel
about their sinful lifestyle, so instead, they are taking the legal
approach, and simply trying to shut us up, or face the consequences.

But God's Voice, through His faithful children, will NEVER be silenced. Some
of us may eventually be persecuted, incarcerated, and possibly even killed
as a result of our beliefs, but in the end, God's Word will prevail!

Following is the full article from the Daily Mail:


Grandmother Who Objected To Gay March Is Accused Of Hate Crime

By Andrew Levy - Daily Mail, UK

October 26,  2009


After witnessing a gay pride march, committed Christian Pauline Howe wrote
to the council to complain that the event had been allowed to go ahead.

But instead of a simple acknowledgement, she received a letter warning her
she might be guilty of a hate crime and that the matter had been passed to
police.

Two officers later turned up at the frightened grandmother's home and
lectured her about her choice of words before telling her she would not be
prosecuted.

Mrs Howe, 67, whose husband Peter is understood to be a Baptist minister,
yesterday spoke of her shock at the visit and accused police of ' wasting
resources' on her case rather than fighting crime.

'I've never been in any kind of trouble before so I was stunned to have two
police officers knocking at my door,' she said.

'Their presence in my home made me feel threatened. It was a very unpleasant
experience.

'The officers told me that my letter was thought to be an intention of hate
but I was expressing views as a Christian.'

Mrs Howe's case has been taken up by the Christian Institute, which is
looking into potential breaches of freedom of speech and religious rights
under the Human Rights Act, either by Norwich City Council or Norfolk
Police.

And homosexual equality pressure group Stonewall has branded the
authorities' response ' disproportionate'.

Mrs Howe claims she was 'verbally abused' while distributing 'Christian
leaflets' at the march in the centre of Norwich in July. She said someone
'whispered something in my ear and disappeared'. She fired off a letter to
the council describing the march as a 'public display of indecency' that was
'offensive to God'.

She wrote: 'It is shameful that this small but vociferous lobby should be
allowed such a display unwarranted by the minimal number of homosexuals.'

The letter went on to describe homosexuals as 'sodomites', said
homosexuality had 'contributed to the downfall of every empire' and added
that 'gay sex was a major cause of sexually transmitted infections'.

But Mrs Howe told the Sunday Telegraph her comments were an expression of
her beliefs, not homophobia. She received a response from the council's
deputy chief executive, Bridget Buttinger, who said it was the local
authority's 'duty... to eliminate discrimination of all kinds'.

She went on: 'The content of your letter has been assessed as potentially
being hate related because of the views you expressed towards people of a
certain sexual orientation.

'Your details and details of the contents of your letter have been recorded
as such and passed to the police.'

The two police officers later turned up at her home in Poringland, near
Norwich, and informed her the contents of her letter had caused offence.

The incident has echoes of the case of a pensioner couple who were lectured
by officers from Lancashire Police on the evils of 'homophobia' and 'hate
crimes' after criticising gay rights in a letter to Wyre Borough Council.
Joe Roberts and his wife Helen, both Christians, were later awarded damages.

Christian Institute spokesman Mike Judge said yesterday: 'People must be
free to express their beliefs  -  yes, even unpopular beliefs  -  to
government bodies without fear of a knock at the door from police.

'It's not a crime to be Christian but it increasingly feels like it.'

Stonewall's chief executive, Ben Summerskill, said: 'Clearly her views are
pretty offensive but nevertheless this [response] is disproportionate.'

Norfolk Police defended their treatment of Mrs Howe, saying: 'We investigate
all alleged hate incidents. In this instance the individual concerned was
visited by officers, the comments discussed, and no further action was
taken.'



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