Maybe not in this particular thread, but I've seen plenty of other threads where someone mouths off and says that the victims should just learn to deal with it--which is essentially the same as telling them to shut up, quit complaining, and bear it.
Extending criminal law to cover crimes committed by a juvenile when they are already crimes when adults commit them is hardly claiming that "more government is the solution." I'm a conservative, not a libertarian, so I happen to support the constitutional functions of government--which include taking actions against criminal activity.
>>Extending criminal law to cover crimes committed by...
...Thought Criminals and Haters - who refuse to condone the perversion and abomination of Nature as healthy?
Maybe Montana should name this legislative concoction The Matthew Shepard Act.
Oh, wait.... there’s already one of those.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard_and_James_Byrd,_Jr._Hate_Crimes_Prevention_Act
It’s Thursday — Will you be wearing a pink/purple shirt today in Solidarity?
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