[AF] It's a legacy!

[Glen Kippel]

On 5/5/07, Jerry Mathis <thebeaver32 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.



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Since when has murder been treated as a misdemeanor?  And, if there is such
a thing as "hate crime," then what is a "love crime?"  Any crime involves
hate, because the perp is not respecting the rights of the victim.
Assigning certain crimes as "hate crimes" and having a harsher punishment
does not jibe with "equal protection under the law."  I don't believe gays
should receive less protection than anyone else.  And they (or anyone else)
should not receive more.  It's called "equality."

What's next -- "thought crime," *a la* 1984?