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Liberals promote hate crime legislation for two reasons:  (1) to publicize and sometimes exaggerate the importance of prejudice and (2) to legitimize certain lifestyles by declaring them to be protected by law.  Under the second reason, hate crime legislation is a stepping stone for a lifestyle to become protected under anti-discrimination laws.

Liberals promote hate crime legislation for two reasons:  (1) to publicize and sometimes exaggerate the importance of prejudice and (2) to legitimize certain lifestyles by declaring them to be protected by law.  Under the second reason, hate crime legislation is a stepping stone for a lifestyle to become protected under anti-discrimination laws.

A ladder of social acceptance and promotion of a lifestyle would look like this:

A ladder to legislate social acceptance and promotion of a lifestyle would look like this:  

1st rung: hate crime legislation to protect the lifestyle

bottom rung: hate crime legislation to recognize and accept the lifestyle  

middle rung: anti-discrimination legislation to favor and promote the lifestyle  

2nd rung: anti-discrimination legislation to protect and promote the lifestyle

top rung: affirmative action to fully promote the lifestyle  

3rd rung: affirmative action to promote the lifestyle

The new Speaker of the House for the 2007-2008 Congress, Nancy Pelosi, seeks to pass hate crime legislation proposed in the prior session of Congress in H.R.3132.

The new Speaker of the House for the 2007-2008 Congress, Nancy Pelosi, seeks to pass hate crime legislation proposed in the prior session of Congress in H.R.3132.