OTTAWA -- MPs face another political hot potato today with a vote on a controversial bill religious groups fear will outlaw the Bible. Bill C-250 would include sexual orientation into Canada's hate propaganda law that already bans inciting hatred against an "identifiable" group.

"We think that it will threaten scriptures. We think it has the potential of making the Bible an illegal document ...," said Charles McVety, president of Canadian Christian College. "In the worst-case scenario, those who stand in their pulpits and preach a message against sex outside of marriage could be imprisoned."

But NDP MP Svend Robinson, the sponsor of C-250, accused Christian lobby groups of "fearmongering" and said an amendment from Liberal MP Derek Lee explicitly protects the expression of opinion based on religious text.