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There is a huge history of hate crimes against gays. Due to their sexual orientation, thousands of people become victims. There are hate crime laws in existence, but the perpetrators of these crimes simply do not care. These people often view what they are doing as a good or correct thing. They do not see it as hurting another person.

Recent hate crimes are showing a decline but the controversy about counting the hate crimes against gays is still a debatable topic among the people. Moreover some people think weather hate against gays should even be called a hate crime or not.

Despite this thought, they are hate crimes. Thousands of people have become victims throughout the history of hate crimes. This country is built on equality, but thousands of people are getting hurt or killed for thinking and being different. Many times the people who commit these crimes are problematic, and have some version of homophobia.

The history of hate crimes tells us that they do not ever go away. As more people become educated on the topic, they will decrease. If we have learned anything from our nation's past, and the civil rights movement of the sixties, we will realize that there will be hate crimes far into the future.

An alternative possibility for the apparent decrease in recent hate crimes is the fact that individuals are frightened. The fear may be from an individual "in the closet", or of the law enforcement community. However, such results are only giving the perpetrators what they desire. The public must know about hate crime before they can do something about it.

People will give a multitude of excuses for the existence of "hate crimes". All of these listings boil down to intolerance. These could be disapproval of an alternate belief system, or distaste for the sexual and personal identity of others. Regardless of the stated reasons, both the source and the resulting violence are wrong. Rational individuals must be willing to do whatever is necessary to bring such hatred to a close.