MSNBC reported today that, "Just hours after the White House issued a veto threat Thursday, the House voted to add gender and sexual orientation to the categories covered by federal hate crimes law." Social conservatives have argued, "the bill threatens the right to express moral opposition to homosexuality and singles out groups of citizens for special protection." The bill would, "extend the hate crimes category to include sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability and give federal authorities greater leeway to participate in hate crimes investigations." It seems like the religious right is worried that they will no longer be able to legally hate homosexuals and threaten them with violence. So a religion that orders its followers to hate a certain group of people should protected under the law. By this rationale Islamic Radicals should be free to hate and threaten violence against all infidels and the Jews. It is horrible that the White House is so willing to legislate this double standard.
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