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Originally Posted by Reba
If that's what you believe, then how do you think a new law will be enforced any better than the current laws? The law might be new but the people in law enforcement and the courts will be the same people.
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The present law against the hate law does not require to remove a qulity person's right to vote or go to the school. This new law expand it as requirement consquences for the hate criminals, if this law was passed, the police can't reject to remove hate criminals's rights to vote or go to school, period. That is why this new law is so important.
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I'm not saying that they didn't experience harrassment or attacks. What I'm saying is, a new law just for one group of people is not the right way to solve it.
All people should be protected equally, and punished equally, by the current laws. We should NOT have separate laws for each group of people.
If my friend gets beaten up by someone, I want that attacker's butt thrown in jail for a long time. Does it matter if my friend is gay, transgender, or straight? Does it matter if the attacker is gay, transgender, or straight? NO! My friend suffered pain, and the attacker needs to be punished. Period.
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Hmm... I recommend you to re-read my post from Wikipedia about the new law. It says:
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"The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (LLEHCPA; sometimes called the Matthew Shepard Act), HR 1592, would expand the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
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This is not for only one group, but other groups such like racist, sexism, etc. This is about the
Hate Crime Law, not just for GLBT community.