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No more excuses, legislators: Wyo needs hate-crime law
by Kerry DrakeI’ve watched Wyoming lawmakers debate hate crime bills for three decades without moving the needle a scintilla toward passage.
After seeing the Joint Judiciary Committee discuss the issue at a meeting in Casper last week, my dismay at the lack of progress has turned to fear that Wyoming may actually be going backward.
Intelligent, impassioned and at times gut-wrenching testimony was met with insults, impatience and a lack of empathy from some veteran lawmakers.
A handful of tired conservative canards made predictable appearances too.
Like this one: “Is there any data that suggests hate-crime legislation causes reverse discrimination?”
Read more: https://www.wyofile.com/no-more-excuses-legislators-wyo-needs-hate-crime-law/
