Originally Posted by DaveM

I'm not sure I understand you.

Hate crime laws make various ethnicity's, sexual orientations, and religions a protected class.

For example: if an overweight child is mocked, terrorized and bullied the law see's that as less severe than doing the same to a person of a religious minority. Both of these examples are hateful and hurtful.

Why prioritize the value of one human being over another?