The hate crimes bill is simply another name for anti-terrorism. Those who kill due to hate, and who hope that their violence will terrorize other members of the targeted class into submission, are terrorists. They are terrorists when their victims are Jews in Israel. They are terrorists when their targets are Christians in the West. And they are terrorists when their victims are gays in Alabama. The methods are the same. The motives are the same. And our condemnation must be the same.