MADISON — Wisconsin employers could fire and refuse to hire convicted child molesters, kidnappers and murderers under a Republican bill that would carve out an exemption to the state’s fair employment law.

If the proposal passes, it likely would be the first law of its kind in the country, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The state Assembly is scheduled to take the bill up Wednesday.

Current state law prohibits employers from considering a criminal conviction when deciding to fire or hire someone unless the crime substantially relates to the job. The new bill would allow employers to fire or turn away convicted sexual or violent offenders, regardless of whether their crimes have a bearing on the job.

The bill’s author, state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, said current state law allows sexual and violent offenders to hold jobs where they can interact with potential victims in ways that don’t qualify as substantial, such as greeting customers at a retail store.

Employers should have the right to decide who works for them, he added.

“Every time you see on the news another child who’s been raped or murdered by a predator pedophile it should make anybody’s stomach turn and skin crawl,” Kleefisch said. “At the time you commit a sexual assault, you’ve just made a lot of things in your life a lot harder from here on out.”

Republicans control the Assembly, and Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, supports the bill, his spokesman said.

But the measure also must pass the Democratic-controlled state Senate and get Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s signature before it can become law.

Doyle’s spokesman said the governor has to review the bill. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Judy Robson, D-Beloit, didn’t immediately return messages.

The bill goes with another GOP measure that would allow a school district to fire or refuse to hire any felon, no matter whether the conviction had anything to do with the job. The Assembly is scheduled to consider that bill on Wednesday as well.

Doyle vetoed a nearly identical measure last session.

If Wisconsin passes the bill it will be a fair precedent for other states to follow suit. Child predators routinely say that the answer to the problem of child sex abuse is to educate children so that they know which one of the perverts are abusing them and which ones are loving them. Okay, I will also say the answer is education………educate these pedofreaks that when they go after our kids there will be no welcoming place left for them to go.

James Fisher feels his rights are being infringed. He has been sentenced to lifetime supervision, GPS monitoring and unannounced searches of his home by parole officials. As a result he is currently suing the Nebraska Attorney General, Department of Corrections and the Parole Board. Full story here

His punishment comes as a result of Bill LB1199 – the Nebraskan equivalent of Jessica’s Law. Fisher’s attorney, Sue Ellen Wall, works as a “cooperating attorney” for the ACLU in Nebraska. You can read more about the ACLU’s connection to abuse and exploitation of children here and here. Not surprisingly, Wall had this to say:

It (sex crimes against children) is a problem we’re all cognizant of but you can’t just throw a human being into a cage without there being some rational basis for it.

Let’s see if we can find some rational basis, shall we?

He was convicted of brutally raping a 4 year old child

That is more than enough basis for me. I think I speak for all the contributors and allies of AZ when I say I don’t give a damn what Mr. Fisher feels he is entitled to.

A spokesman for the Attorney General has stated they are “prepared to defend” this legislation.

Please contact the Attorney General here to voice your support for this legislation and its application to this perpetrator. Let them know that the public supports their stance!

It is also vital to contact Nebraskan law-makers and ensure that laws continue to reflect the majority view that sexual predators against children have forfeited all their rights. Here are the relevant details to email:

Governor Dave Heineman
Senator Ben Nelson
Senator Chuck Hagel
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry
Congressman Lee Terry
Congressman Adrian Smith

Our regular readers may recall that we talked of S. 519: Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act introduced by Senator John McCain back in December. For the full background please read the post here: Nowhere to Run Some highlights to consider:

Millions of commercial Web sites and personal blogs would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000, if a new proposal in the U.S. Senate came into law.

After child pornography or some forms of “obscenity” are found and reported, the Web site must retain any “information relating to the facts or circumstances” of the incident for at least six months. Webmasters would be immune from civil and criminal liability if they followed the specified procedures exactly.

In addition to the provisions relating to child pornography, the bill also would ensure that sex offenders will register information relevant to their online activities on sex offender registries. Specifically, it would require sex offenders to register their email addresses, as well as their instant messaging and chat room handles and any other online identifiers they use. If a sex offender failed to do so, he could be prosecuted, convicted, and thrown into jail for up to 10 years. The bill would also make the use of the Internet in the commission of a crime of child exploitation an aggravating factor that would add 10 years to the offender’s sentence.

It is imperative that this legislation is enacted. It is now before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This is an easy way for you to let your voice be heard, that you are saying NO to internet predators and child sexual exploitation. Read the PDF of this act linked above and if you agree, please send emails to the committee members. Let them know how seriously you stand on this issue and that we expect them to act in our children’s best interest. Shout LOUDLY if you must, shout repeatedly if you must, but don’t let this opportunity get by you. Let us show those men who seek to destroy our children that we can and will empower ourselves and we will not allow these behaviors to continue!

Senate Judiciary Committee:

• Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] EMAIL or Contact HERE
• Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA] Contact HERE
• Sen. Joseph Biden [D-DE] EMAIL or Contact HERE
• Sen. Herbert Kohl [D-WI] EMAIL or Contact HERE
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] Contact HERE
• Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI] EMAIL or Contact HERE
• Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] Contact HERE
• Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] Contact HERE
• Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] Contact HERE
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] Contact HERE
• Sen. Arlen Specter [R-PA] Contact HERE
• Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT] Contact HERE
• Sen. Charles Grassley [R-IA] Contact HERE
• Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ] Contact HERE
• Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R-AL] EMAIL or Contact HERE
• Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC] Contact HERE
• Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] Contact HERE
• Sen. Samuel Brownback [R-KS] Contact HERE
• Sen. Thomas Coburn [R-OK] Contact HERE

Sign the Petition HERE

One is the loneliest number. I’m sure that many of you may feel that your voice alone won’t make a dent in this problem. Yet together, we are not one….but one of many. The only time we are powerless is when we do nothing. You don’t have to maintain a blog, or interact with these perverts, or read their garbage or try to hunt them down, but acting together our voices alone will make a difference.

Let’s make some waves! Pass this information on to your family, friends and neighbors. Many people are not aware that this legislation is being considered. So let’s act together to achieve our goals by letting our lawmakers know that we support this legislation. Let’s make a small step towards stopping those who use the internet to find their victims, those who offer encouragement and solace to fellow child predators, those who use the internet as a tool for pedophile activism. Let us please do our part to try and make the internet and the world a safer place for children…the way it should be, and together our one voice will become like thunder.

Story HERE U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced this bill, I believe we all need to support it.

“This legislation would reduce the sexual exploitation of our children, and punish those who cause them physical and emotional harm through sex crimes.”

PDF located here.

This bill would increase the reporting standards for child pornography and obscenity against children. In other words….no more graphic, written descriptions of having sex with babies on Live Journal. Anyone hosting a website, a blog, a message board etc, would be required to report someone for posting such.

Millions of commercial Web sites and personal blogs would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000, if a new proposal in the U.S. Senate came into law.

After child pornography or some forms of “obscenity” are found and reported, the Web site must retain any “information relating to the facts or circumstances” of the incident for at least six months. Webmasters would be immune from civil and criminal liability if they followed the specified procedures exactly.

In addition to the provisions relating to child pornography, the bill also would ensure that sex offenders will register information relevant to their online activities on sex offender registries. Specifically, it would require sex offenders to register their email addresses, as well as their instant messaging and chat room handles and any other online identifiers they use. If a sex offender failed to do so, he could be prosecuted, convicted, and thrown into jail for up to 10 years. The bill would also make the use of the Internet in the commission of a crime of child exploitation an aggravating factor that would add 10 years to the offender’s sentence.

WOWZA! This bill, if passed will have massive, far-reaching effects on the online pedofreak community! No longer can blogger say “It’s not our business what people write, or images bloggers use. ” NO, no, Blogger themselves will be held responsible if they don’t follow a specific set of rules. Pedo message boards won’t be able to simply DELETE a risque comment, no they will have to save the information AND report it themselves. Does that strike anyone as…well, quite funny? It does me. Actually I got rather tickled about it. Wonder what the pedofreaks have to say about it. First let’s look at what a pedo-apologist has to say….

“This constitutionally dubious proposal is being made apparently mostly based on fear or political considerations rather than on the facts,” said EFF’s Bankston. Studies by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children show the online sexual solicitation of minors has dropped in the past five years, despite the growth of social-networking services, he said.

That was from Kevin Bankston an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (and former ACLU attorney). He’s used a typical pedo-trick. Partial fact stated in such a way that it gives the reader a false impression. Here are the facts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 2006 Youth Internet Safety Survey (in comparison to the 2001 survey)

A smaller proportion of youth Internet users received sexual solicitations. In YISS-1, 19% received such solicitations, and in YISS-2, 13% received such solicitations. Plus a smaller proportion of youth Internet users were visiting chatrooms and communicating online with people they did not know in person. These findings suggest youth Internet users may be more aware of the risky nature of online encounters with such people.

The Internet remains a source of disturbing and offensive solicitations for many youth.

Even though a smaller proportion of youth Internet users received sexual solicitations, the proportion with the most serious incidents, aggressive and distressing solicitations, did not decline.

The extent of unwanted exposure to sexual material among youth is extraordinarily high and grew between the times YISS-1 and YISS-2 were conducted. Approximately one third of youth Internet users (34%) had an unwanted exposure to sexual material in the past year, an increase from 25% in YISS-1 that occurred despite increases in the number of families using filtering, blocking, or monitoring software

Now, let’s take a look at the pedo-chatters. I don’t think we’ll find any surprises here.

The Walker: many sex offenders these days are only on the sex offenders registry because they were found guilty of possessing child pornography…Nor is there any compelling evidence that I am aware of that looking at sexual oriented pictures of children inevitably leads to the sexual molestation of children. It is my personal opinion that simply viewing images does not in any meaningful way imply one is an actual sex offender of the sort that needs constant surveilance…..I definitely don’t feel that because someone looks at CP pictures but is not actively involved on the production end of the business they should be regarded as a sex offender.

Joey Bishop: How many kids in Southeast Asia did John McCain drop bombs on in an unjust and unneccesary war? IMHO, shooting kids with semen is far more morally just than shooting them with bullets.

Heartfallen: The truth is, soldiers don’t kill blindly… they murder knowingly.

Spherious: The more forbidden it becomes the more desired it becomes.

Albert Ross: mccain is burning bridges here, trying to shut down the last remaining socially responsible interfaces.

the consequence will be anarchy.

Seamus: I lost the little bit of respect that I had for him after reading this; he is simply pandering to people’s fears that something might happen to their kids. This is as cynical and exploitative as it gets.

Turtle: this is not really a strike at predators. it is a thinly veiled attack on all child lovers,whether they have been convicted for breaking the laws or not. its simple biggotry. they aim to ban us all from the net,which is insane considering most of us dont seek minors online…

Let your voice be heard, write your Senator today and let him know how you feel about this. And why.

SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION