Posted on 02/05/2007 1:48:42 PM PST by tfelice
If this becomes law, it will be a crime for a heterosexual to say something which offends a homosexual, but not for a homosexual to insult a heterosexual. It will be a crime for a man to disparage feminism, but not for women to repeat demeaning assertions about men. It will be a crime for a white person to say something that is perceived as racist by a black person, but not for a black person to insult whites.
Hillary Clinton is one of the big fans of hate crime legislation.
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