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The Religious Right's Battle Against Hate Crime Laws

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jamesfirecat2/12/2010 7:25:56 pm PST

re: #86 tradewind

I could imagine, but that’s not the point… and that’s a very disingenuous rhetorical question, btw.
People who are not gay or black or___ ( fill in condition of choice) are also targeted and killed in horrendous ways by angry mobs or individuals.

Its about making the punishment fit the crime. Should we not punish those more harshly who can be proven to have been trying to act so that it wasn’t just about killing/harming but instead spreading fear through an entire community?