2,000 Children Murdered Each Year, But 6 Hate Crime Murders Need Special Federal Protection

Following is a letter to the editor that has been published that explains one problem with the hate crime bill. A fact that no one seemed to know in our country, including myself, is that "The homicide rate for children in the United States was five times higher than that for children in the other 25 [industrialized] countries combined." See this link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046149.htm

Yet, under the hate crime law a member of NAMBLA, the Man Boy Love Association that writes material on how to seduce young children, would have more protection than our children.

Letter to Editor:

Senator Blanche Lincoln says she supports the US hate crime bill. A post by America's Human Rights Campaign (HRC), self proclaimed as the largest gay and lesbian organization, heralds the victory of the passage of this hate crime bill in the US House, saying, "The bill adds sexual orientation and gender identity... hate violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

According to the FBI report there were 5,190 victims related to hate crime in 2005. The approximate number of crimes against children each year is 849,000. About 2,000 of those children are murdered each year, but only 6 of the hate crime victims were murdered. And about half of the hate crime victims were just threats, not actions. Oh, that our children could be so lucky and just be threatened rather than murdered and physically and sexually abused.

Both Senators Lincoln and Pryor received a 89% rating by HRC's latest scorecard . 43 senators didn't vote for even one of the bills HRC thought was important, earning a 0%.

Lincoln, however, received her 0% rating from Concerned Women of America, voting against family and children issues. She received a 16% on family and children issue by Christian Coalition.

The homosexual organization, HRC, rated only 11 senators higher than Lincoln and Pryor. Perhaps you would like to contact Lincoln and tell her that instead of exalting homosexuals to priority status, our 849,000 child victims need the federal assistance the hate crime promises to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

Bobbie Warner Little Rock