http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2009/07/17/senate-vote-amends-hate-crimes-to-include-lgbt-folk-alexander-and-corker-absent Comments On: Senate Vote Amends Hate Crimes to Include LGBT Folk; Alexander and Corker Absent by Brantley Hargrove en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Pure nonsense.
They already have the same rights as everyone else.
So-called "hate crime" laws are nothing but PC bullshit.
The heinouness of any crime is determined exclusively by the damage inflicted on the victim - not the (alleged) reason why the perpetrator was commiting the crime.
A victim who is killed by a home invasion robber is every bit as dead as someone killed because some perpetrator didn't like their sexual orientation. The latter crime is not one iota worse than the former.
There are already laws on the books against murder, assault, etc. They are plenty sufficient to prosecute anyone who commits any of those crimes no matter what the purported reason for them doing so.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:29:54 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Bryce Martin]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:39:28 -0500 Nashville Scene There's no point in having hate crime laws.
Posted by Joe Carmen]]> Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:03:06 -0500 Nashville Scene As of two days ago, Sen. Alexander's office was communicating a statement indicating that he would oppose the bill.
Posted by B. Newsome]]> Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:38:02 -0500 Nashville Scene Of course not! Republicans think that if you are gay/lesbian/transgendered, that you are by choice.
Posted by mary b]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:49:28 -0500 Nashville Scene