I will assume that Christine Quinn’s “standard” applies equally to the ADL, the SPLC, and those of a similar ilk who are rather quick to jump on anyone proud of their white heritage….right?

A man brutally beaten in New York City was targeted because he is openly gay, the New York Police Department said Monday.
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“When someone is attacked for being who they are, and for being proud of who they are, there is no other explanation for that attack than hatred and bigotry,” said New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the first openly gay speaker of the city council.

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