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Originally Posted by The Bid
Gays arent a race or religion, its a choice.
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Are you kidding me? Whether or not you think homosexuality is a choice is irrelevant. Are you even thinking before you type? You're saying homosexuals choose to be gay, but Christians don't choose to be Christians? Religion is very much a choice, and still protected by these laws. So that argument it inherently flawed and nonsensical.
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Originally Posted by The Bid
What if a group of crazed gays attacked a guy like me, why wouldnt that be a straight hate crime?
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Does this happen often? No, in fact I'm not sure I've ever heard a story about a crazed group of gays attacking a man
for being straight. Using that argument is setting up a worst-case scenario fantasy hypothetical straw man so that it's easier to tear down.
Hate crimes terrorize entire groups of people. When someone assaults a homosexual on the street just for being a homosexual in Chicago, it creates paralyzing fear in all homosexuals in Chicago when they walk on the street afterwards. FBI statistics show that 1 in every 6 hate crimes is motivated by sexuality. So while your straw man argument might seem like a logical conclusion to you, the fact remains that these things are already happening all over this country. And plenty of people yesterday exposed themselves in basically saying, "Yep, it's happening, and we don't care."