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The Bible as Hate Literature?
The Canadian Senate passed a bill on April 28 that officially includes "sexual orientation" among those groups that are protected from "hate crimes." So what's the problem? The bill does not clearly define hate or sexual orientation and a statement to protect religious views was not included in the bill.
Lorna Dueck, a Christian broadcaster, wrote in the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail: "[This bill] says that moral views, motivated by religious text, can be equated with hatred. Thus, if church teaching refers to homosexuality as ... sin, it could be charged as being hate propaganda."
The Bible as hate literature? It could be seen that way in Canada. God condemned ancient Israel for calling "evil good, and good evil" (Isaiah 5:20). Sadly, many today are making the same mistake.
