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"Pa. hate-crime protections weakened"

"Pa. hate-crime protections weakened": The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains a front page article that begins, "Victims of hate crimes who are gay, female or disabled no longer have special protections under state law. The state Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court ruling striking down the 2002 expansion of the Ethnic Intimidation Act that covered sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical or mental disability."

Friday's edition of The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal reported that "Pa. court upholds gay-rally ruling."

And Thursday's edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that "Top state court backs Christian group in hate-crimes case."

You can access Wednesday's order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 26, 2008 (boomark / email).