I’m not sure why warren thinks these figures should give us something in common. Comparing the size of the gay population to its share of hate crimes I’d say we were experiencing these crimes at much higher rates than other groups.

I find these statistics uninformative. I would imagine that the hate crimes against religion were mostly against moslems, though perhaps not. I would also imagine that most were against property and not individuals. I’ve yet to hear of and evangelical Christians being beaten up in parking lots or on their way to church.

The Southern Poverty Law Center now adds AFA And FRC – among others – to its list of hate groups. Outraged screams from Tony Perkins due any minute.

I know, all crimes are hate crimes…

Strongly disagree with this. Some are crimes of fear, jealousy, greed, or selfishness. Some crimes are simply careless or are committed without any emotion or malice.

A hate crime is usually defined by state law as one that involves threats, harassment, or physical harm and is motivated by prejudice against someone’s race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or physical or mental disability.

http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/hate-crime/