What makes you think that? This kind of stuff clearly violates the Constitution, but it's been decades since the courts worried about that.
And I don't for a minute buy the excuse that this amendment was slipped in secretively. You don't even need to read a bill with "hate crimes" in its title to know what is going on.
We the People do not have to follow unconstitutional laws. The government just wants us to THINK we have to. They think that all their judicial activism fools all of us.
There are Constitutional Options..This Government CAN be brought to task..we can use the vote..failing that..we can use other options..clearly defined in the ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
Are we We the People..or not?