If a gay man slaps me, it’s a misdemeanor, if I slap him back…

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Federal Hate Crimes Bill or Pedophile Protection Act?
–by Angela Rockwood

I was watching this clip that someone sent to me the other day, and I just had to do a double take.
The Federal Hate Crimes legislation, S. 909, is cited as the “Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.” Why? For sympathy points? [...]

Governor Schwarzenegger, Rape is Rape

By Dr. Jack Cashill A female sailor, 18 years-old, leaves her ship in the East Bay and takes the BART into San Francisco. She meets up with a friend, and they go to the Palladium, a co-ed dance club for the under-25 set.
Like many sailors before her, male and female, this one has had too much to drink. She has gotten separated from her friend so she sits at a table by herself and watches the dancers.
An older gentleman, mid-50s with a charming Spanish accent, sits down at the same table. He is with two women. They leave, and he sidles over next to her.
The man’s interest in her seems entirely fatherly. And she, away from home for the first time, naïve and a little lonely, welcomes his conversation.

Shepard vs. Shephard—Why Unnecessary Hate Crimes Laws Deny Equal Protection

All Men Are Created Equal
–By Angela Rockwood
Everyone has heard of Matthew Shepard, but have you heard of Jason Shephard?
Any Google search on the name “Matthew Shepard” turns up hundreds of thousands of stories written in the ten years since Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered, reportedly, because he was gay. His murder brought national as well [...]