British Hate Crimes Response: It Should Not Be A Criminal Offence To Be A Bore or a Creep
Telegraph editorial slams proposed law imposing 7 years prison for "homophobic speech"
By Hilary White
 
LONDON, November 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An editorial in today’s Daily Telegraph says that anti-“hate” laws end up being “anti-justice” laws. Telegraph columnist Jenny McCartney wrote today about the Labour government’s plans to enact legislation that would make “homophobic speech” a hate crime punishable with seven years in prison.
 
McCartney said while “those who like to sneer at gay people,” may be “bores and creeps” the government is going too far to make it crime to be a bore or a creep.
 
“If an individual's animus against gay people goes further, and he or she should begin a campaign of incitement to violence, harassment or physical attacks, I would urge that the offender be prosecuted according to the full force of the existing law.”
 
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