A conservative pastor and radio broadcast host spoke out about hate crime laws, believing them to be used by homosexuals to try and seduce straight people without retaliation.
"Say, for example, some homosexual approaches a man who is heterosexual, touches him the wrong way, does something the wrong way, and the man pushes him or maybe punches him, or just responds in an angry way without thinking—that then becomes a hate crime, and I think that's what a lot of this stuff is intended to protect against," he said.
The conservative pastor said that hate crime laws allow homosexuals to have more"freedom and latitude" to approach people"and seduce people without them being able to retaliate." He clarified that he does not believe hate crime laws are intended solely for that purpose, but that hate crime laws are created based on prior incidents, such as the one he described.
The responses on Twitter were mostly filled with opposition."Been my experience that gays do take 'no' for an answer," replied one Twitter user. Another comment mentioned the death of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was found dead after being beaten and left to die. The user said that Jackson's claims were justifying"violent sociopaths who murdered Matthew Shepard," whose death had sparked the creation of the
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