You should not try to mistreat them or treat them as outcasts. You should try to show them a way to deal with that problem, just like alcohol, or sex addiction or kleptomaniacs. It is easy to see how hate crimes laws could be used to silence opposition to the homosexual lifestyle. Another problem with hate crimes legislation is that all criminals operate on the basis of impure motives or hate. In the case of rape, it can be argued that the victim is always chosen on the basis of gender.
Federalism is the framework in which the federal, state and local governments co-exist.
The Constitution gives the federal government specific responsibilities, such as declaring war and regulating trade, but all other responsibilities remain with the states. The Tenth Amendment makes this clear. By contrast, federal hate crimes laws appear to be part of a trend to federalize crime. The federal government has already usurped much of the authority which has traditionally been the exclusive domain of states. Hate crimes should not follow this trend.