Yep, it's a good thing republicans are in charge. Train, meet Cliff! Blackbird.
Dementia is running rampant in America. Consider these points:
(A) By the terms of this hate crime law, there can be no debate about marriage, since the concept of it being just for one man/one woman is 'discriminatory & bigotted', therefore hateful. And when transsexuals begin their push to outlaw men's & women's public restroom facilities and have them replaced with genderless ones, there will be no debate allowed because it too, will be deemed hateful. Ditto for the BSA, the Salvation Army, etc
(B) What is sexual orientation except a self-perception? If homosexuals, drag queens, etc., and their 'cultures' become normalized and protected by law, then what arguments can be proffered against doing the same for pederasts, pedophiles, necrophiles, zoophiles, and people who perceive themselves as puppies in need of paper-training? Remember now, according to post-modernists, there are no moral absolutes.......we are, each one of us, moral sovereigns, and no one else has the right to impose their morality upon another. Accordingly, all of the above 'sexual orientations' should have tolerance and sensitivity not only practiced towards them, but their peculiar 'cultural' mores {sexual practices} should rightfully be taught to every American child.
(C) On the one hand, transnationalists and multiculturalists seek to give these peculiar people protected class status under our laws. But on the other hand, these same two groups of people want to deconstruct America as a sovereign nation and retire her Constitution to the dust-bin. And in furtherance of this agenda, they've allowed illegals and other minorities into this nation and encouraged them to not only remain unassimilated, but to actually hate this nation, her culture, etc. Now why on earth should these unassimilated people, many of whom are here illegally, obey this hate crime law when they have no respect for our other laws? Why should they, whose own cultural beliefs inform them that homosexuality is completely abhorrant and unnatural pay any heed to it at all? My money says they won't. Imo, this hate crime law and the people who want to be protected by it, are on a collision course with the unassimilated, but politically powerful immigrant groups. Most especially the MEs.