re: #57 celticdragon

I cannot know how you feel, having not shared your experiences, but I believe that proper enforcement of the law doesn’t change just because you enact more laws. If the enforcement isn’t working, no amount of laws will change that. In fact, if you create a situation with an extreme hate crime bill (just as a stupid extreme example) where the punishment was far more drastic because it was against someone who was gay or lesbian, then you’re creating a situation where the officer would be more likely to ignore enforcement if they didn’t think the punishment fit the crime. I don’t know what the answer is, but I honestly feel more legislation sure isn’t going to fix the problem. I’d like to think the problem will fix itself as we continue to grow more small L liberal as a people. Also, can you site examples of police not pursuing assault or crimes because of sexual-orientation that is more recent then Harvey Milk or the 70’s situation in Frisco? I’m not familiar with that niche of law.