Senate passage of hate-crimes bill wins plaudits

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[rickgyt]

vote attaching the hate-crimes bill to the defense authorization bill. then voice vote (no recorded vote) good by talk radio

[rockrr]

Wait until they realize that the dhimmis never intended their precious hate-crime BS to apply to them...

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

WelcomeTo FreeRepublic!

[MBB1984]

What a trash piece of legislation. This only elevates crimes against certain groups above others and is pure discrimination. Soon, it will be used to eviscerate the First Amendment.

[Kansas58]

Matthew Sheppard was a drug addict.
Matthew Sheppard died because of a drug deal gone bad.
The killers went to prison.
At least one of the murderers was bi-sexual

How can a bi-sexual killing a homosexual, after a drug deal gone bad, be considered a “hate crime”??

[Tarpon]

Equal treatment before the law ... unless you are a member of a protected group, like Democrats are.

RIP

[Westbrook]

Goodbye to another chunk of Liberty.

[RexBeach]

The damnable consequence of such a law would be to announce that certain groups are more important than others.

This is bad law making.

It’s also stupid.

[G Larry]

“Hate crimes” should always receive more harsh punishment than “love crimes”...../sarc

[longtermmemmory]

just wait, all thoughts and opinions contrary to the left and certain “special groups”, will be deemed fighting words and thus a hate crime.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“vote attaching the hate-crimes bill to the defense authorization bill. then voice vote (no recorded vote) good by talk radio”

They try the “voice vote” to claim plausible deniability.

B.S. It was a unanimous vote. Any one against it should have asked for a recorded vote.

[BilLies]

I didn’t see a listing for politicians, an oversight perhaps?

[Gabrial]

Keywords are “increase Federal involvement”

another power grab

[Gabrial]

Whoops, make that

“expanding federal involvement”

[pabianice]

*snif*snif*

ozone?

[Humal]

If this was such a good bill, why wasn't it publicized more; why was it attached to the Defense Appropriation bill (couldn't pass on its own); and why was it sneaked in for a vote in the middle of the night????

[Mr. Wright]

“Hate Crimes Legislation”. That is nothing more than code words for “Lets give the ba - t - rds more time in the slammer if they attacked, beat up, harrassed, intimidated, or
assaulted, anyone except “white males and females”, those opposed to abortion, and Christians. Someone prove me wrong!

[gc4nra]

Is thereany-such-thing as a “like” crime?

[Maceman]

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and B'nai B'rith International have all released statements today praising the vote attaching the hate-crimes bill to the defense authorization bill.

That does it. I want my foreskin back.

[william clark]