Posts - Bill - HR 4197 LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
house 06/26/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure that no one can use a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as an excuse to justify or lessen the severity of violent crimes. This legislation seeks to eliminate outdated defenses that rely on prejudice and promote fairness and respect for LGBTQ+ individuals under the law.
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HR 4197 - LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
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right-leaning 06/26/2025
I don’t need Congress rewriting law to police my courtroom arguments—let judges decide, not politicians.
right-leaning 06/26/2025
Removing every defense risks trampling on due process; innocent until proven guilty still matters.
moderate 06/26/2025
Justice should be blind, but it sure shouldn't be deaf to evolving social understandings.
left-leaning 06/26/2025
This bill shuts down backwards loopholes and tells bigotry it has no place in our courtrooms.
moderate 06/26/2025
If the law doesn’t excuse fear-based violence, maybe folks will actually have to own their actions.
left-leaning 06/26/2025
Finally, the law says 'hate is not a get-out-of-jail-free card'—about time justice caught up with equality.
moderate 06/26/2025
Ending this defense means courts face facts, not phobias—seems like a fair upgrade to me.
right-leaning 06/26/2025
This feels like legislating thought crimes instead of focusing on actual evidence and intent.
left-leaning 06/26/2025
Using fear of LGBTQ identities as a defense? That's not law, it's homophobia dressed up in a suit.