Hate Is Such An Ugly Thing

President Obama signed a law making it a federal crime to assault an individula because of sexual orientation or gender identity. There were 12,000 crimes reported over the past ten years that were based on sexual orientation. It is sad that it has to come to this as a form of protection of human rights.
If this is what it takes to get this kind of barbaric action under control then so be it. I will never understand why some of the human race feels the need to treat people, who are not exactly like themselves, like the scum of the earth or beat them to death.
I beleive we are all equal, no matter the color of our skin, gender, beliefs, and amount of money or lack of money; bottom line. There isn't one of us who has the right to treat anyone else badly for any reason.
Human Rights Campaign president called the hate crimes measure the nation's first major piece of civil rights legislation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and the nation needs to ensure these rights for them.
President Obama said there are laws to change and hearts to open; to which I think he shouldhave modified to say, "hearts and MINDS to open." Closed minds never change the ideas or thoughts they were taught when they were growing up which means any hatred toward different races, genders or types of life will always be the same, only to be carried through and taught to the next generation.
Is brainwashing a posiblility for all the peopel aon the planet? Maybe we could brainwash everyone with the saying "Erase the Hate" and the song One Tribe by the Black Eyed Peas that says "one tribe, one time, one planet, one race; it's all one blood, don't care about your face; the color of your eye or the tone of yuor skin; don't care where you are, don't care where you been.
We are one, weare just people and we are ALL equal.