Quote Originally Posted by JamesXR View Post
With a gay-hostile administration I can see federal responsibility being used to make gays more vulnerable much the way the Bush administration has used the EPA to weaken environmental laws. Clearly Steve knows more, but I can see it being a problem.
I am saying that if you or I were to be violently assaulted because of our sexual orientation - prosecution should not be left to Washington DC. You wouldn't be more comfortable with quicker justice from the police in Orange County?

Why would you rather crimes be handled by the US Feds? I would think that police in Orange County would be more sensitive and capable of handling things like this.

Why should criminal law be lifted up and handled in Washington DC now? And if you are critical of how the federal government does things.... why do you want to give them this responsibility ESPECIALLY since prosecutors in Orange Country already have tools to prosecute hate crimes?

Steve