Gay Couple Attacked? In West Virginia, It’s Not A Hate Crime

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Read More...CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last April, police say, a Marshall University football player saw two men kissing on a West Virginia street, hopped out of the passenger seat of a car, shouted homophobic slurs and attacked the men, punching them in the face. Those charges against Steward Butler may sound like a textbook hate crime case.

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