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May 11, 2009 7:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Hate Crimes: The Same Three Arguments They Always Make, And The One Thing They Never Say
A particularly contentious bill has passed the House and makes its way towards the Senate, gathering steam and vitriol from conservatives as it goes: the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, known among laymen as Hate Crimes, or "The Matthew Shepard Bill." For a bill so simple, so straightforward, and so carefully worded, it generates a truly astonishing amount of crazed opposition - and a lot of repetition. Below are the same three unsupportable arguments conservatives always make against the Hate Crimes bill - and the one thing they never talk about.
