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Published on: 12/7/2007
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Geoffrey Stone and Straight for Equality
I hope you're as delighted by the way Professor Geoffrey Stone dispatches the tired arguments of those who oppose the hate crimes act as I am.
For the reasons Professor Stone cites, no pastors will be plucked from their pulpits for condemning homosexuality; other homophobes may think and speak just as freely.Life will go on just as it is in America, except for those creeps moved to violence because of another's race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.Those criminals may find themselves the subject of Justice Department investigations.
We should commit Professor Stone's arguments to memory so that each of us will be able to refute the specious contentions of the bill's opponents.
I'm also delighted to inform you that Geoff Stone is one of the members of the Straight for Equality advisory committee.He serves on a subcommittee devoted to implementing the program in the legal community.
A professor in the University of Chicago School of Law and one of the nation's foremost constitutional law experts, Geoff has published numerous articles and books, most recently War and Liberty: An American Dilemma and Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark.He combines his constitutional expertise with a passion for equal rights for his daughter and other GLBT individuals.
With nationally renowned scholars like Geoff Stone helping us, I'm certain we'll succeed in inspiring hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of straight individuals to become allies and help us move equality forward.