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I am not saying that there are not those whose intentions have nothing to do with doing the right thing... But please remember laws concerning domestic violence, statutory rape laws, the laws that are intended to protect the elderly from con men, SEC laws that are intended to protect investors, RICO Laws that protect the public from organized crime, drug laws that are harsh because of societies desire to discourage people from harming their bodies...Civil rights laws concerning privacy and the rights of the accused...

All of these laws have good intent but unpleasant side effects....

Please ask yourself what you would do if you were on the receiving end of the persecution endured by so many in this country for so many reasons...

A lot of these laws are a result of those members of our society that are scared... They are scared when police are not present...They are scared because they know that when authority figures and law enforcement are not present, there are those who do harm to those who are weaker simply because they can... As a society, we try to send a message to be vigilant in your behavior because one of the most important goals of society is to make all law abiding citizens feel safe and protected and we do accept persecution of the weak or those who may have a different way of thinking or living just because we can...

You have to remember that it was not so long ago that Matthew Shepard was killed, that Arabs who hate our way of life killed more than 3000 of us....That a man was dragged to death in a small Texas Town... That two young white kids were beaten and their girlfriends raped because they found themselves in the wrong neighborhood...

Until you walk a mile in the shoes of a person who has been persecuted because he is different, you may not be that understanding of the fact that he may need a little more protection than you...

Until you walk a mile in the shoes of a person who has been persecuted because he is different, you may not be that understanding of the fact that he may need a little more protection than you

No, still don't agree. First of all, how do you know that I haven't been persecuted against or people haven't been cruel to me because of perceived differences? Second, NO ONE deserves MORE protection than others. And for you to trot out Shepard's name when so many innocent children have been molested, raped and tortured by homosexuals is rather shameless. So by your logic the young boy who was tortured and murdered by two homosexuals is not a "hate crime" victim, just a regular victim.

If the laws against assault, murder and other harm are enforced properly, everyone is protected equally. And to make unconstitutional laws to make up for PAST harm is not only patently stupid, it creates another generation of injustice.