People tend to hate being misrepresented, and many also hate attempts by other people to legislate morality. The Children's Safety Act making its way through Congress provides a bit of both. The House version of the bill (HR 3132) includes a controversial amendment, drafted by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, which adds violence motivated by sexual orientation, gender or disability to the existing list of federal hate crimes. One of 30 Republicans who helped to pass the bill was Rep. Joe Schwarz, representing Lenawee County. Elsewhere on this page, the congressman rebuts a Sunday letter to the editor by an...