We read:
"Two 16-year-old Crystal Lake girls were expected in juvenile court Tuesday on hate-crime charges for allegedly printing and distributing fliers with pictures of two boys kissing and inflammatory statements about homosexuality.
The girls, both of whom are students at Crystal Lake South High School and whose names were not released because of their ages, were arrested Friday, Crystal Lake Police Chief Dave Linder said. One of the boys on the flier is a student at the school.
When an officer tried to stop the girls from distributing the fliers in a school parking lot, they climbed a fence and ran, Linder said.
Both girls face charges of committing a hate crime, disorderly conduct, and obstructing justice. One girl also was charged with resisting arrest.
Under Illinois law, a person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a crime against another person based on that person's race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities or national origin.
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It's a crime against someone to portray them as homosexual? What happened to gay pride? As far as I can see, the only "crime" was saying derogatory things about homosexuality and that is protected as free speech. There was no crime against another person here at all. The police are making up the law as they go along.
