So of course this won't include "hate crimes" against conservatives, heteros or men?
So if a woman shoots a man is it a hate crime? Isn't everything a hate crime?
Dems are worried about the Patriot act, The patriot act is small potatoes compared to this hate crime legislation.
So, Mr. Hate himself is sponsoring further "hate crime" legislation. How "ironic".
The Bible will be band soon. I saw this coming.
And a little more of freedom was chipped away ...
How about musliims who preach everything from hate to death towards non-muslims.
Oh brother. Rather than a constitutional amendment protecting the sanctity of marriage (whatever that means), we need to adjust lawmakers' time in session so they don't have time to submit bills like this. Make the Senate and House positions pay $0/year and the session only 7 days.
I am becoming increasingly disenfranchised. This may effect my voting this November.
They are also about bludgeoning your opposition into silence.
Does anybody know where the House stands on this ? Hopefully this is one of those "feel good" votes that looks good to certain groups in election years but quickly gets stripped in conference.
Any and all "hate crimes bills" are an attempt in thought control. For example, a white on black murder more than likely will be classified as a "hate crime". However a white on white or a black on black murder would not be called a "hate crime". Which murder is worse? Shouldn't all murders be prosecuted to the fullest extent once guilt has been determined by a jury of 12 peers, ending with the murderer being put to death, regardless of the emotions and political ideology of the murderer taken in to account?
We are traveling down a very slippery slope here. Not only in relation to the affect such "hate crimes" law have on things such as the Bill of Rights, but how we view crimes. The taking of a life is a hateful, heinous crime no matter whose life was taken and for what reasons. We as a society should avoid these types of stereotypes, but we are running harder and harder after them. We wonder why racism and other forms of prejuidice exists, these hate crimes laws are the very reason!!!! As a law enforcement officer, I disgree totally and completely with these "hate crimes laws"
and the sentiments they are creating. A murder is a murder, regardless of who was killed and why that person was killed. What are we as a society going to do to a person who has committed a so called "hate crime"? Put them to death twice? I am afraid what is going to happen here, is only those crimes classified as "hate crime" will have the possibility to get the death penalty or the harshest punishment allowed by law, while those who kill for the joy of it will only get a few years in prison. I would not be surprised to see the day come, when any garden variety crime will be viewed as no big deal, but now look out if the crime can be called a "hate crime". We should not be setting up favoritisms in our society. This attitude is one day going to come back and bite us hard.
In closing, "hate crimes" laws are having the reverse affect on society they are intended to have. Instead of protecting and valuing ALL life as we should, we are devaluing one group's life while putting another group's life on a pedestal and held in highest regard to be protected. Our government is endorsing and increasing hate generated toward minority groups because of this new "enlightened" mind set.