Was Virginia Tech Massacre a Hate Crime?
Absurdity of Hate Crimes Legislation by Staff April 20, 2007 (christiansunite.com) — America is still reeling over the horrific slaughter of students and faculty at Virginia Tech. The shooter’s actions have not been listed as a hate crime, but what makes that heinous crime somehow less hateful or less important than a crime of bias? No one doubts that there was a great deal of hatred on the part of the gunman who shot so many people regardless of race, sexual orientation or religion.Another recent story should give us pause as well, Jury gives S.D. woman life in prison, in which a black lesbian woman killed a white heterosexual woman, then burned and chain-sawed her body into pieces. Yet this case will not be listed as a hate crime because the black lesbian did not kill the white heterosexual because of orientation or color, she did it out of jealousy.”What is striking about these two cases is that it shows the amazing hypocrisy of those who want hate crimes legislation. How can anyon
