Congressman C.W. Bill Young claims Mathew Shepard hate crimes act violates the Equal Protection Clause
A friend of mine wrote to C.W. Bill Young regarding a pending federal hate crimes bill (H.R. 1913 AKA The Mathew Shephard Act) that would expand the 1969 federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by the victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. I’ve posted the Congressman’s response in its entirety after the jump. I found it offensive both intellectually and morally.
