Are hate crimes perpetrated against homosexual people disproportionately relative to their percentage of the population in comparison to certain ethnic/racial and religious minorities? I mean, African Americans have been getting licenses together in the state for a very long time, as have Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latino Americans - all of them can claim times of official oppression in the past. "Interracial" couples have been getting marriage licenses, too, as have Muslim Americans and Jewish Americans. How does that correspond to the number of hate crimes committed against these populations?
I have my suspicions about what reasoning would be used to assert that there will be a drop in hate crimes, but I'm interested in other people offering their explanations.
For the record, I think people who vandalize property or assault people, unless acting in self defense or to protect an innocent third party, should be prosecuted criminally and civilly - regardless of their motivations, or the identity of the victims.
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