I agree completely. I actually wrote a piece about the problems of hate crime legislation a few years ago myself (http://www.geocities.com/onemanwatching/archive/se292000.html). William Raspberry (a columnist I rarely find myself agreeing with) also wrote a column about it as well (http://www.crimelynx.com/hatecr.html). Hate crime laws are a classic example of good intentions leading to very bad ideas.
Brad
P.S. The link to Raspberry's column in my e-zine is apparently broken. The above link will work.
Larry Darby wrote:
That’s wonderful news about Pastor Ake. I’ve been following these abominations called hate crime laws for quite some time. They’re a threat to our Republic and the American way of life.
If the USA and the States don’t begin to repeal so-called hate crime laws we’ll follow the benighted lead of Germany, Austria, France, Czech Republic, Canada and a few more countries where one can be imprisoned for offending the ruling class.
_______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw
Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
