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Even if all the hate crime victims over the past 10 years stood up and applauded President Obama’s signing of the Matthew Shepard Act last week, which added new gender and sexual orientation categories to the federal statute, it wouldn’t equal the roar of an average Razorback football crowd.
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Editorial, Pages 23 on 11/06/2009
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eteam_centurytel.net says...
"If hate crime legislation, and its associated costs, had to be justified by the numbers, it wouldn’t exist." Sure would be interested to know what those huge unjustifiable EXTRA costs are.
November 6, 2009 at 7:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Theophilus says...
Week after week Mr. Kelley's column tends to be a voice of reason and common sense. This one's no exception.
November 6, 2009 at 8:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
marvincampbell_ca.rr.com says...
If any aggression is involved, aren't they all hate crimes?
Like my wife's grandfather said about "assault rifles":
They're all assault rifles as soon as you point it at somebody.
November 6, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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