Yes

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  by Kathrine Mills

  Created on: October 13, 2009   Last Updated: October 18, 2009

  The 2010 Defense Authorization Bill was successful in the House, passing by 281 to 146. Hiding beneath

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  by G E Barr

  Created on: October 20, 2009   Last Updated: October 21, 2009

  The Constitutional Scope Of Citizenship

  Before one ever gets into the specific legal rights of an American

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  by Kenneth Boser II

  Created on: August 05, 2007

  The Hate Crimes Bill, or any bill labeling actions of certain individuals as "hate crimes," motivated

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  by Michelle Williams

  Created on: August 01, 2007

  So, in other words, a hearing impaired mute can get beat up by some racist calling him the "N" word

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  by Stoneheart

  Created on: September 25, 2007

  Hate-Crime laws create socially acceptable criminals and victims as well as socially unacceptable ones.

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  by T. M. Beeker

  Created on: August 12, 2007   Last Updated: April 14, 2012

  Yes, clearly if saying something is protected by the Constitution then a label of hate or not is truly

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  by Rex Coker

  Created on: September 25, 2007   Last Updated: August 12, 2009

  I was watching the news the other night on FOX News and they had a Senator on there talking about his

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  by Ryan Shelbrack

  Created on: August 01, 2007

  It is often becoming more humorous on how ignorant the American people are becoming. This country was

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  by Nicholos Gene Poma B.S.

  Created on: September 02, 2007

  Hate crimes legislation actually does limit freedom of speech, an ideal held dear by many Americans

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  by James Dubreze

  Created on: July 18, 2009   Last Updated: July 21, 2009

  If we must protect our free speech, we should not have double standards.

  As it is right now, the

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  by Lawson Stone

  Created on: August 01, 2007

  I believe that hate-crimes bills in general do violate free-speech rights. The law often does take cognizance

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  by Angela S. Young

  Created on: July 28, 2007   Last Updated: July 30, 2007

  Grassroots lobbying reform' attempted to tie certain grassroots groups up in so much red tape it would

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  by Calvin Robinson

  Created on: August 02, 2007

  Hate crimes legislation is more about trying to legislate the morality of thought and speech for the