I totally reject the idea of "Hate Crime". If you murder someone, you have committed murder, period. As said above, the victim is just as dead if you did it because of a bias against someone's religion, race, gender preference, hair color, occupation, sports team preference or what ever. The crime is in the action, not in the politically incorrect bias. If we say otherwise, we are making it a crime to THINK something. I do not like it when someone says something against another person because of a particular bias, But they have committed no crime. The freedoms to think and speak are cornerstone to our country.