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On Wednesday, the House passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (HR 1913) also known as the Mathew Shepard Act by a vote of 249 - 175 expanding federal hate crime laws. The bill also expands federal jurisdiction to attacks based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

While the Senate has yet to schedule a vote on the bill, many supporters are surely optimistic since Obama supports the bill and Democrats hold the majority in Congress.

The whole notion of special hate crime laws is absurd and disingenuous. Frankly, it’s discriminatory. When do we consider a violent crime committed against a particular person more reprehensible than another? Murder is murder and the victim’s race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability shouldn’t matter.
Should this bill pass, justice will no longer mean the same thing for different people… so much for equal justice for all.