The House of Representatives voted today to extend hate crime laws to protect gays and the disabled. Gay advocacy groups immediately filed suit against the House for equating homosexuality with having a disability.
The law provides harsher penalties for violence that targets gays and lesbians specifically, meaning gay S&M bars will all be shut down.
Legal experts argue, however, that if a criminal now disables a gay person, it creates a double-jeopardy loophole.
Opponants argued that “at this rate, it will soon be illegal to commit crimes against anyone.”
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