MA: “Jail for dissing gays pulled after publicity”

WorldNetDaily: “A measure in the Massachusetts statehouse to allow jail time for criticism of homosexuality has been pulled abruptly after a conservative group publicized the move by lawmakers . . . WND reported during the run-up to the 2009 “hate crimes” plan that opponents were alarmed by the potential of prosecutions for Christian pastors and others who preach the biblical condemnation of homosexuality. Rick Nelson, an Alliance Defense Fund lawyer who has worked on cases of Christians’ speech being repressed, told WND at the time, ‘Right now it’s like ‘Let’s silence and move the Christians away from these events.’ The next step is, ‘Well, your speech, whatever it may be, is not palatable, we’re going to do the same thing to you.’”