It was October 6, 1998 when he was lured from the bar that cold, fateful night. His skull was smashed with a pistol butt as he was lashed to a fence, left for dead in near freezing temperatures. Nearly eighteen hours later he was found by passersby and taken to a hospital where we remained in a coma for several days until slowly slipping away. At his funeral, picketers carried signs saying, \"God Hates Fags\" and *Fags Deserve to Die.\"
Matthew Sheppard is one of the thousands of victims who have suffered from the form of violence known
as hate crimes.
Someone commits a hate crime every hour. In the most recent data collection, 1999, a reported 7, 876 hate crimes were committed. This is a national crisis that we cannot allow to continue.
Today we will discuss the problems associated with this horrendous crime, causes for it, and finally steps we can take to prevent it.
The current laws in effect regarding hate crimes are limited. Additionally,......
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