(AgapePress) - A Pennsylvania pro-family activist says by not reporting on a proposed so-called "hate crimes" bill, the liberal mainstream media is an accomplice to the homosexual agenda.

Diane Gramley is president of the American Family Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania. She says a bill is sneaking through the state House that would make any opposition to homosexuality -- including thoughts -- a crime. The bill began life as an agriculture-related measure, designed to protect farmers against vandalism.

But Gramley says the bill has been hijacked by the pro-homosexual lobby, and is now a hate crimes bill. She says most lawmakers are not even aware of this, noting the House bill number has not changed -- but that the entire wording has been replaced. In doing so, she says, the pro-homosexual lobby has sneaked the bill through, and the measure is now on its way towards the governor's desk.

She says the media has acted as a willing accomplice by ignoring the bill. "I've sent out numerous news releases about this [but] the media in Pennsylvania has not picked it up at all," she says. "The only place I've been able to find any indication of this is on gay news websites.

"My interpretation would be that [the media] are all for it, and that they don't want Pennsylvanians to know about it. They are willing accomplices and are doing their roles in remaining silent."

Gramley says the bill, if signed, will actually make any opposition to homosexuality -- including preaching the gospel -- a crime.

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