Wet op bescherming tegen Amerikanen

Kijk dat is nou eens goed nieuws uit dat apenland!

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US Judge Affirms IMBRA: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before
Contacting Foreigners on Internet

A new federal law that makes it a crime for Americans to communicate
with foreigners on dating websites without criminal background checks
is upheld by a federal judge.

Washington, DC April 2, 2007 -- On March 26, 2007, a new federal law
restricting Americans from contacting foreigners through internet
dating sites was upheld by a federal court after a Constitutional
challenge by an internet dating company. In European Connections v.
Alberto Gonzales, 1:06-CV-0426-CC, Judge Clarence Cooper of the US
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed a
lawsuit by European Connections which claimed that the law violated
the right to freedom of speech contained in the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution. The plaintiff had failed to challenge the
law based on the First Amendment right to assemble.

IMBRA makes it a felony for an internet dating company, that primarily
focuses on introducing Americans to foreigners, to allow any American
to communicate with any person of foreign nationality without first
subjecting that American to a criminal background check, a sex
offender check and without first having the American certify any
previous convictions or arrests, any previous marriages or divorces
any children and all states of residence since 18.

The law was sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-KS and Sen. Maria
Cantwell, D-WA and was championed by key women's groups. The law was
passed after these groups made claims that foreign women who marry
American men are subjected to higher rates of abuse than are American
women.

Online Dating Rights Director of Public Relations Jim Peterson said of
the judge's ruling: "It is a sad day for freedom in our country when
an American has to have a criminal background check before he can say
'Hello" to a foreigner through the internet." He also said that
"America is the only country in the world that regulates communication
between two consenting adults seeking to communicate via internet,
with the possible exceptions of China and North Korea.

On 6 Apr 2007 02:12:57 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>restricting Americans from contacting foreigners through internet
>dating sites

Het is soms net china e.d. . . . .

FNn wrote:
> On 6 Apr 2007 02:12:57 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> restricting Americans from contacting foreigners through internet
>> dating sites
>
> Het is soms net china e.d. . . . .

Die ijzeren muur komt terug... 'with a vengence'.

(Gaande weg ontpopt 'The USofA' zich als de politie hond van 'het grote
geld'.)


JayJBee
"Mark my words"

[email protected] wrote in news:1175850777.001691.212270
@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

> Kijk dat is nou eens goed nieuws uit dat apenland!
>
> ---------------------
> US Judge Affirms IMBRA: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before
> Contacting Foreigners on Internet
>
> A new federal law that makes it a crime for Americans to communicate
> with foreigners on dating websites without criminal background checks
> is upheld by a federal judge.
>
> Washington, DC April 2, 2007 -- On March 26, 2007, a new federal law
> restricting Americans from contacting foreigners through internet
> dating sites was upheld by a federal court after a Constitutional
> challenge by an internet dating company. In European Connections v.
> Alberto Gonzales, 1:06-CV-0426-CC, Judge Clarence Cooper of the US
> District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed a
> lawsuit by European Connections which claimed that the law violated
> the right to freedom of speech contained in the First Amendment to the
> United States Constitution. The plaintiff had failed to challenge the
> law based on the First Amendment right to assemble.
>
> IMBRA makes it a felony for an internet dating company, that primarily
> focuses on introducing Americans to foreigners, to allow any American
> to communicate with any person of foreign nationality without first
> subjecting that American to a criminal background check, a sex
> offender check and without first having the American certify any
> previous convictions or arrests, any previous marriages or divorces
> any children and all states of residence since 18.
>
> The law was sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-KS and Sen. Maria
> Cantwell, D-WA and was championed by key women's groups. The law was
> passed after these groups made claims that foreign women who marry
> American men are subjected to higher rates of abuse than are American
> women.
>
> Online Dating Rights Director of Public Relations Jim Peterson said of
> the judge's ruling: "It is a sad day for freedom in our country when
> an American has to have a criminal background check before he can say
> 'Hello" to a foreigner through the internet." He also said that
> "America is the only country in the world that regulates communication
> between two consenting adults seeking to communicate via internet,
> with the possible exceptions of China and North Korea.
>
>

Nee hoor, Chinezen communiceren er lustig op los....)

--
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand

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[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]