return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+www.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1973arrow-down128
arrow-up1945arrow-down1external-linkHouse Speaker Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+www.lgbtqnation.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square300fedilink
minus-squareObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·11 months agoWe don’t have hate crimes. That’s not a concept that exists legally. As for harrassment, I don’t think it’d stand in court, and good luck suing the Speaker of the House
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agohttps://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/learn-about-hate-crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard_and_James_Byrd_Jr._Hate_Crimes_Prevention_Act
We don’t have hate crimes. That’s not a concept that exists legally. As for harrassment, I don’t think it’d stand in court, and good luck suing the Speaker of the House
https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/learn-about-hate-crimes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard_and_James_Byrd_Jr._Hate_Crimes_Prevention_Act