[AF] It's a legacy!

[Jerry Mathis]

I will NOT give you a break, because less than half of all states have laws
that designate these crimes as hate crimes. If special attention is not
applied to these crimes, they tend to be considered as minor, and are
treated as simple harassment or misdemeanors. Perpetrators get off with
little or no real punishment. And they and others see that as an OK for
further assaults.

What does it take before you consider the crime serious enough to warrant
serious penalties? Do we have to wait until people are being pulled with
chains behind pickup trucks?

JM



On 5/5/07, Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> oh, give me a break
>
> the 'crimes' addressed by this new 'law' are already presecutable by laws
> already on the books
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Mathis" <thebeaver32 at gmail.com>
> To: "The Alternate Frequency" <af at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [AF] It's a legacy!
>
>
> > For everyone's information, the law is intended to expand Federal
> > jurisdiction to hate crimes, to include sexual preference, gender and
> gender
> > identity, and the disabled. It gives the Feds the authority to step in
> if
> > local officials fail to act.
> >
> > The law specifically states that its purpose is not to prevent people
> from
> > speaking out on their opinion of these classes of people.
> >
> > What sickens me is the determination of the religious/conservative Right
> to
> > insist that the law DOES outlaw freedom of speech (which is an outright
> lie)
> > in the hopes of defeating the law.
> >
> > The fact that they want to defeat the law tells me that they wish to
> still
> > be able to discriminate against gay people, transgendered people, and
> the
> > disabled. This is why I've refused to any longer let my name be
> associated
> > with any religious organization: the lies, hypocrisy, and
> > discrimination these religions manifest are thoroughly un-Christian and
> > disgusting.
> >
> > Discrimination or Protection. Which side of the debate are YOU on?
> Anyone
> > care to confess?
> >
> > JM
> >
> >