FBI: Hate crimes against gays see slight increase
”Until we make laws that make it clear these attacks are not OK, the nation will continue to be scarred.”
Neil Giuliano of GLAAD responding to an FBI report on hate crimes for 2007. The statistics showed that of 7624 reported, 1,265 were for a result of sexual orientation. That was a 6% increase over the previous year. The overall number of hate crimes reported dropped by 1% with racially-motivated incidents taking the top spot, followed by religion and then sexual orientation. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-27-hatecrimes_N.htm)
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