Senator George Allen (R-VA) goes soft on hate crimes to appease bigoted extremist groups

What a pig.

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And just FYI, there already is a federal hate crimes law on the books, this hate crimes amendment in question would simply add gender, disability and sexual orientation to the law that already covers race, religion and national origin. So tell them to spare us the argument about how hate crimes laws are per se evil when the existing law already covers the very people bitching about it. Perhaps they want to repeal their own protections? If there's going to be a law on the books, shouldn't it cover everybody? Or should we keep special rights for religious bigots?