On Tuesday October 4th, I spoke against Fianna Fáil's bill on hate crime legislation. Even the Tánaiste herself said it's a fundamentally flawed Bill - but the government will still support it?!!
Hate crime legislation is not about protecting the minority groups that will earn you votes; it's about providing legal protection to all minorities against attacks because of their race, religion, ethnicity, disability, gender expression or sexual orientation.
It seems to me that Fianna Fáil has actually marginalised more groups than they have protected with this Bill.
