Remember 2008? When gays in CA allegedly persecuted Christian supporters of Prop 8 before the November election? And allegedly went on a rampage against Christians afterward?
The 2008 California hate crime statistics have been released.
- Hate crimes against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals? Up from 2007 (from 346 to 442 offenses).
- Hate crimes against Catholics and Protestants? Down from 2007 (from 23 to 21 offenses).
No stats on the sexual orientation or religion of the perpetrators. But it’s clear which community faces more violence.
I’ve never had gays turn up on my doorstep trying to convince me to be queer…
Given how few offences there are, an 8.7% drop in hate crimes against Catholics & Protestants isn’t really significant – for a crime rate that low, a year-on-year variation of 2 or more offences from the mean should be expected. However a 28% increase in an already-high rate of anti-LGB crime is significant, both because of the size of the increase and because of the size of the base line value.
Homophobic hate crime seems to be on the rise everywhere – there’s been an 18% increase in London from this time last year, and I think we all know about the cesspit of hate that Africa is turning into.
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by lankyguy: RT @amboy00 Hate crimes against christians and gays after Prop 8. Guess which rate went up. http://bit.ly/3l0RVO #gay…