So using this thread as an excuse I would like to point out something for discussion.
Here I recite the threads OP. And here is the full article.
| Threads_Article wrote: |
As Sen. John McCain recently remarked, "elections have consequences." President Barack Obama signed the "Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" into law on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise and handing the gay rights community one of its most sought-after achievements. The bill, named for two men killed in vicious attacks, extends the definition of federal hates crimes to include attacks "based on a person's race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or mental or physical disability." |
Right so... let me get in the mood... *clears throat*.....
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OMG, I mean thats so wrong! More support for gay people! Why would we want to prevent someone from killing them due to their sexual orientation?!?! Seriously why?!?! Why should they be allowed to have extra protection when clearly they should be considering taking some therapy to get over the demons of homosexuality? If anything, crimes against them are there to show them that they should not be gay so why should we take away the reasons many homosexuals hate themselves for who they are? I mean they should hate themselves, right?
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/sarcasm
Possibly some people dont want gay people to feel comfortable with themselves, at least not through added measures, and that things had best stay the way they are in order to not change the rigid worldview they have adopted.
So we can all see that somehow, added protection for a very well known hate crime, has "(negative) consequenses". To whom, and in what way is still a mystery to me.
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I havent read the whole article, and if someone will and sees that there are parts in it that show that this part I am quoting is taken out of context then please inform me. I dont wanna be whining in the wrong.