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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
is characterizing criticism of their religion as “hateful” and as “bigotry.”
It provides an example of why many free speech advocates oppose so-called hate speech
regulation, as it could easily be invoked to suppress all kinds of legitimate expression.
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Coalition of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
[mailto:noreply@cc.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 11, 2008
2:49 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Milton L Mueller<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
condemns Anti-Christian bigotry...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><u1:PLACE u2:endInsDate="2008-09-03T10:33:00Z" u2:endInsAuthor="Unknown" u2:insDate="2008-09-03T10:33:00Z" u2:insAuthor="Unknown"><font
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<p><strong><b><font size=4 color=navy face=Verdana><span
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</span></font></b><strong><b><font size=1 color=navy face=Verdana><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'></span>Thursday,
December 11, 2008</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size=2
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'>Christian Coalition of America condemns Anti-Christian
bigotry on part of Governor Gregoire</span></font></b></strong><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Washington</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>–"There are no gods, no
devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world.
Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves
minds." <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>This is what a
poster in the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
state capitol building says as it is displayed right next to a Nativity
scene depicting the Christmas story and with a huge bust of George
Washington between them. </span></font><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>The President
of the Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>,
Roberta Combs said: <strong><b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>"Governor Christine Gregoire has
carried political correctness to the extreme by allowing such
hateful speech against Christians and Christianity to be so prominently
displayed in the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
state capitol building. Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
urges her to immediately remove this abominable display." </span></font></b></strong></span></font><font
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Christmas season, atheists attempt to reach new heights in antagonizing
Christians and Jewish people in the case of the Hanukkah holiday.
The very least that elected officials can do is to ignore these hateful
attempts to mock other people's religions.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Lord…” </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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