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Doesn't matter its not relevant. Crime victims are individuals and deserve to be respected equally.

They are treated equally. Criminals get prosecuted under the same statutes. But there are additional penalties for hate-motivated crimes. The courts already take into account the motivation of a defendant in committing a crime. Judges and juries routinely distinguish between wilfull and inadvertent violation -- and corresponding penalties are handed out.

If you make tougher penalties for gays and trannies you are respecting them more.

Nope. Criminals get the same base sentence for committing the same crime. The difference is that they get additional penalties for committing the crime with hatred -- a special kind of malice. You're not being deprived of anything under such a scenario.

Make the penalties more severe across the board, that's the answer.

That can be done independently of this legislation.

They are treated equally. Criminals get prosecuted under the same statutes. But there are additional penalties for hate-motivated crimes.

LOL then they aren't treated equally are they? You can't have it both ways but that's all you're trying to do.

Penalties are deterrents which protect victims from crimes. Without laws and penalties the victims have no legal protections. If you have extra penalties for criminals against certain kinds of victims then those kinds of victims are getting extra protection.