Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » House Hate Crimes Bill Punishes Violence, Not Bigotry
The House hate crimes bill is pitch-perfect.
It punishes only the conduct of intentionally selecting another person for violence because of that person’s race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify or disability.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and more than 40 bipartisan co-sponsors deserve credit for introducing what could become the first federal law of its kind to protect against violence due to someone’s gender, sexual orientation, gender identify or disability.
But this bill doesn’t punish bigotry, as ugly as those beliefs are.
So let’s really explore concerns that the hate crimes bill will chill free speech and association....
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