The Gay Thread

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Prosecute the crime equally- no matter the motivation. Someone who gets punished for a "hate crime" should

Are you against distinctions between murder 1, murder 2, manslaughter, etc.?

eta: asked because those are crimes that carry vastly different punishments, based only on the distinction of motive.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Are you against distinctions between murder 1, murder 2, manslaughter, etc.?

eta: asked because those are crimes that carry vastly different punishments, based only on the distinction of motive.

It would be interesting to look at what defines those more distinctly-

Like- a drunk driver may be charged with man slaughter instead of murder. They did not set out to kill.

A crime of passion where someone is killed vs. a plotted hit.

But of ALL of those distinctions-it doesn't matter to me if the victim is gay, straight, black, white.....the victims are equal.