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Hate Crime Laws Do Not Threaten Free Speech
Written by J. Bolcer Wednesday, 18 November 2009 10:42
Posted on Advocate.com November 17, 2009 09:44:41 AM
Hate-Crimes Law Passes Stress Test
Antigay ministers failied in their attempt Monday to prove the new hate crimes law suppresses freedom of speech and religion.
By Julie Bolcer
Despite their best hateful efforts, a group of conservative Christian ministers on Monday failed to show that the new federal hate-crimes law protecting LGBT people threatens freedom of speech and religion.
Ministers from across the country gathered outside the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., to “test the bounds” of the new law, according to Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank.
