Ken Goldstein. “The Case For Hate Crimes Statutes”. The 13th Story. Retrieved 2.03.08 – “Many of you are probably asking, “Aren’t hate crimes laws giving special rights and protection to only a small group?” Let me ask you something. Did the Voting Rights Act convey “special privileges” to certain groups? Of course not, and the answer is the same for hate crimes legislation.
Civil rights laws, including hate crimes statutes, exist to uphold the rights of every citizen, and to prosecute those would deny their fellow citizens their rights.
‘But,’ I hear some of you saying, ‘it’s not fair the way it doesn’t protect white people from being attacked.’ It is true that there may be some cases where violence is committed against a Christian white heterosexual male simply because he belongs to that group. And I would agree that in those cases hate crimes laws should be applied.
But, as far as I know, there are no nationally organized hate groups advocating large-scale violence against Christian white heterosexual males. As far as I can tell, there are no heavily armed militias training to kill any Christian white heterosexual males who refuse to go back where they came from. If you have evidence of such groups, please let me know.”
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