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I'm not sure the american Matthew Shepard Act applies in the UK.
by danw 17y ago
I'm not sure the american Matthew Shepard Act applies in the UK.
- knowtheory 17y agoYes, that's absolutely true. mynameishere, i believe is an American, and the reference he's making sounds very American. So in the context of the original post, the Matthew Shepard Act is not relevant. The details of hate crime legislation, and it's application is universal enough to be relevant.
- mynameishere 17y agoI was in fact referring to the United Kingdom. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/ukpga_20030044_en_14#pt12-ch1-pb1-l1g146 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/ukpga_20030044_en_14#pt... The US does have constitutional measures against unequal protection, and so the situation is not so insane here (yet).