The problem is not exclusive to Great Britain. More than ever before, free speech and religious freedoms are under attack right here in America.
The case in Britain involves Pauline Howe, a 67 year old Christian woman who wrote a letter to town council voicing her opposition to a Gay Pride parade. Her letter reportedly stated the event is a ‘public display of indecency’ that was ‘offensive to God’.

The Norwich City Council responded to Howe with their own letter “warning her she might be guilty of a hate crime and that the matter had been passed to police.”

“Two officers later turned up at the frightened grandmother’s home and lectured her about her choice of words before telling her she would not be prosecuted,” according to UK’s MailOnline.

With the passage of the Hate crimes bill in the House on Oct 8 that Obama is expected to sign into law, homosexuals are added to the list of groups covered under the federal law; in this case “extra” protections or “special rights” are based on sexual behavior and orientation, gender identity or disability.

This means that if anyone speaks out against gays and lesbians, by letter or other act such as distributing Christian leaflets (which Mrs. Howe has also done in her town), they could be prosecuted and found guilty of a hate crimes under the new law.