Today, the House will consider H.R. 1592, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. This bipartisan bill focuses on providing new resources to help state and local law enforcement agencies prevent and prosecute hate crimes. It also closes gaps in current federal hate crimes law.
Obidience to tyrannts is disobidience to God. Quote from Thomas Jefferson. Fuck the socialist Bastards!
glenns45 4 years ago
HATE CRIMES ARE THE MOST RETARDED THING ANYONE HAS COME UP WITH. as an American i have the right to say or think anything i want to. yes of course its wrong to act on it by threatning or harming. I am a christian though. I wouldnt say things that are dirty to say but i do have the right to say anything i want to. These idiots are trying to take that away
achilies45 4 years ago
crime is crime is crime. you cannot be convicted of a hate crime unless a violent act has taken place. free speech is not being violated but you cannot assault or threaten to assault someone just because you don't like who they are.
BrandonRichardNY 4 years ago
Well thats not what these politicians seem to be implying. They seem to be saying that if say you had bad thoughts about someone when you commit a crime then you will be charged more heavily.
luco1488 4 years ago
they arnt prosecuting people for what they think. This is the US, you can hate who you want. you cant beat and kill who you want tho.
SIUltimate 4 years ago
This law sounds like something coming out of the Soviet Union. Prosecuting people for what they think...
luco1488 4 years ago
Admiron1, please make sure U R educated about the bill b4 U condemn it. The bill says that a hate crime is a violent act committed against some1 b/c of the victim's identity (i.e. race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc.). In your scenario the minister CANNOT be charged with a hate crime b/c there has been no violent action on his part. Thoughts & speech are NOT hate crimes.
Lance734 4 years ago
Right on every point - insofar as they were really "points" in the first place.
MjoEm32 4 years ago
Probably by appealing to people rather more intelligent than you...
MjoEm32 4 years ago
Oh Please. I am only going to address point two. First, some backround. I majored in math and currently teach statistics. Second, the statistic cited by that website is totally bogus. It comes from a 'study' of obituaries of openly gay people back in the mid 1980's. Since being openly gay wasn't all that common back in the 1940's and 1950's the people listed in those obits were largely young.
dsc999 4 years ago