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More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported in the last five years, and the number continues to rise. Such incidents terrorize entire classes of people. The potential victims of hate crimes need to know that the federal government is on their side.
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We'll send your vote to your congressional representative, senators and the president.
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Federal hate-crimes legislation is an intrusion on the activities of state and local governments. There are already laws against all of the actions included under the banner of "hate crimes," and elevating gays to a specially protected status is unfair.
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