In many countries there is a debate about when public speech about moral and ethical issues crosses a line that puts it into the category of a hate crime. Nobody would question that it should be illegal for a neo-Nazi leader using a microphone to incite acts of violence against Jewish people in a neighborhood. But what about preachers in churches giving moral instruction on such sensitive issues as homosexuality? Richard Hammer explains the legal issues as the matter stands today in a new article subtitled “What pastors should know about the new Hate Crimes Act.”