On October tenth of 2004, eleven Christians were arrested for street witnessing on a public sidewalk during a "gay pride" event. Charges were dropped against six of them, but four adults and one juvenile faced serious charges under Philadelphia's hate crime laws. These five people were charged with criminal conspiracy, "ethnic intimidation", reckless endangerment, and inciting a riot. Each person, if convicted, faced 47 years in prison and a $90,000 fine.
The state of Pennsylvania recently added "ethnic intimidation" to its hate crime law on December 5, 2002. Under this section preaching for the Bible is now considered hate speech and is illegal in a public forum. Philadelphia prosecutor Charles Ehrlich attacked the protesters as "hateful" and claimed that preaching from the Bible about homosexuality is considered "fighting words" that can be banned from the public square as an incitement to a riot.
In title 18 of the first amendment, it is clearly proven that these Christians......

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Title: Hate Crime
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Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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