IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING...

Pres. Fredo has already threatened to veto the proposed Hate Crime bill, presumably because his Jeebus followers are making a stink:

White House threatens to veto hate-crimes bill
POSTED: 8:56 p.m. EDT, May 3, 2007
From Carol Costello
CNN Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House has threatened to veto a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday that expands hate-crime laws to include attacks based on sexual orientation or gender.

Critics of the bill say it would have a chilling effect on clergy who preach against homosexual behavior.

"We believe that this legislation will criminalize our freedom of speech and our ability to preach the gospel," said Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church in Lanham, Maryland.

The good Bishop has at the very least a reading comprehension problem because the bill explicitly defends free speech:

SEC. 11. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech or free exercise clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution.