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=== Anti-homosexual violence ===

=== Anti-homosexual violence ===

For 2005, the FBI reported 1,171 anti-gay violent crimes. <ref>U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation, [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/table4.htm Uniform Crime Reports], Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2005 Table 4. </ref> Violent crimes are defined as murder,

Principled opponents of homosexuality '''explicity reject''' violence and intimidation directed against individuals because of their sexual orientation. According to FBI figures for 2003 - 2005, a male homosexual suffers a serious physical assault somewhere in America every 3-4 days because of antipathy towards his sexual orientation.<ref>Hate crime figures, 2003 - Table 4, p.18 - http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/03hc.pdf</ref><ref>Hate crime figures, 2004 - Table 4, p.19 - http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/tables/HateCrime2004.pdf</ref><ref>Hate crime figures, 2005 - Table 4 - http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/table4.htm</ref> Incidences of common assault and intimidation are even more frequent. Occasionally, this violent antipathy leads to murder. <ref>Gay man's killing 'tip of the iceberg' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5080164.stm</ref><ref>Life term for homophobic murder - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5225008.stm</ref><ref>Men in court for homophobic murder - http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/news/stories/200301/21/murder_case.shtml</ref>  

nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, and other. For the general population, the FBI reports a violent crime rate of 20 victims per 1000 US persons <ref>U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/viort.htm Violent Crime Rates]</ref> or 1 in 50 of the overall population.   This would seem to indicate, unless the homosexual population of the United States is slightly more than 500,000, the incidence of violence against gays is much lower than the overall population by an order of several magnitutdes. In all of 2004, there was 1 anti-homosexual murder in the United States, and the FBI has reported none since. <ref>U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation, [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/tables/HateCrime2004.pdf Uniform Crime Reports], Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2004 Table 4. </ref>

==See also==

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