From the story: A court has struck down Pennsylvania's version of a "hate crimes" law, ruling that what officials there call an "Ethnic Intimidation Law" restriction was "unconstitutional and therefore null and void."
…The bill, which originally criminalized agricultural crop destruction but was altered to become the first proposal in Pennsylvania to recognize "sexual orientation" as a protected class, failed to follow Article III of the state constitution. That provision prohibits the complete overhaul of a bill in the course of its passage. Read more…
While this is a welcomed ruling, it is disappointing that the court found this law unconstitutional based on the legislative “procedure” used for its passage. It should have been found unconstitutional based on the equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
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