Religious, homophobic hate surges in L.A. county

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Partially fueled by the election of President Barack Obama and the statewide controversy over gay marriage, hate crimes based on sexual orientation shot up 21 percent in Los Angeles County last year, while religious crimes increased 14 percent, according to a county report released Thursday

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Loretta Kemsley

Although the total number of hate crimes countywide dropped 4 percent from 2007 to 2008, the rise in homophobic and religious-based hate crimes worried local advocate groups.

"The spike we saw in the gay and lesbian community can definitely be correlated to the influence of the Proposition 8 debate," said Amanda F. Susskind, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, referring to the ban on gay marriage that California voters approved last year.

She added that the recession and the election of Obama also led to a spike in rhetoric from extremists.

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7 votes

#1 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:57 PM EST

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River-239955

She added that the recession and the election of Obama also led to a spike in rhetoric from extremists.

It's a shame that the losers will never win because they don't have any better sense than this.

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10 votes

#1.1 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:05 PM EST

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Meso-575799

One incident highlighted in the report involved a white lesbian couple walking hand-in-hand on the beach in Malibu. The mother of a white tourist family from Arkansas told them, "You are going to burn in hell!" and dumped her water bottle on one of them and punched one in the face.

Ah, the beauty of Christ's work at its finest. Way to spread the message.

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11 votes

#2 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:57 PM EST

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River-239955

Sure makes me wanna run out, drop to my knees, and beg for forgiveness.... Not.

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10 votes

#2.1 - Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:59 PM EST

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going up

Meso-239955:

These tourists are not doing any part of Christ's work! Assault charges are in order.

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2 votes

#2.2 - Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:40 AM EST

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MoCowgirl-1193719

The mother of a white tourist family from Arkansas told them, "You are going to burn in hell!" and dumped her water bottle on one of them and punched one in the face.

Gay bashing appears to be the new "Christian" crusade.

And doing violence in the name of Jesus Christ is really unacceptable according to Jesus Christ --- have any of these folks actually read the New Testament for themselves?

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10 votes

#3 - Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:06 AM EST

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River-239955

have any of these folks actually read the New Testament for themselves?

Perhaps the ones that c-a-n read. I'm not really seeing significant signs of intelligence from them lately. I'm so very proud that my mind has been opened and I am not sentenced to the same destiny these people are going to have to come to terms with.

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7 votes

#3.1 - Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:10 AM EST

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Rank on Rank

"The spike we saw in the gay and lesbian community can definitely be correlated to the influence of the Proposition 8 debate," said Amanda F. Susskind, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, referring to the ban on gay marriage that California voters approved last year."

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3 votes

#4 - Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:33 AM EST

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LORETTA KEMSLEY

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