Sunday, February 27, 2005

The crime of hate

If you haven't looked at Slate lately, you probably should read this article by Dahlia Lithwick on hate crimes legislation, including Montana's.

My own take:

1. There are rational arguments that laws against hate crimes cause more problems than they solve.

2. Getting rid of Montana's hate crimes legislation probably won't happen, at least not this session.

3. If we're going to have hate crimes legislation, which we apparently are, then gays should be in the protected group.

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