No more excuses, legislators: Wyo needs hate-crime law

by Kerry Drake


I’ve watched Wyoming lawmakers debate hate crime bills for three decades without moving the needle a scintilla toward passage.

After seeing the Joint Judiciary Committee discuss the issue at a meeting in Casper last week, my dismay at the lack of progress has turned to fear that Wyoming may actually be going backward.

Intelligent, impassioned and at times gut-wrenching testimony was met with insults, impatience and a lack of empathy from some veteran lawmakers.

A handful of tired conservative canards made predictable appearances too.

Like this one: “Is there any data that suggests hate-crime legislation causes reverse discrimination?”

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