Real Tough Guys...

A singer whose songs have topped the Billboard dance chart was attacked by a group yelling anti-gay slurs, and four people were arrested on hate-crime charges, police and his publicist said.

Kevin Aviance, 38, underwent surgery for a broken jaw after the attack Saturday, said his publicist, Len Evans. Police said the singer, whose song "Alive" hit the top of the chart in 2002, was in stable condition.

A group of six or seven men attacked Aviance early Saturday, and passers-by did not stop to help as they threw objects at him, Evans said.

Our President and the Republican Congress are pushing this stuff with their rhetoric. I expect more and more violence against gays and health clinics over time. When the establishment doesn't believe certain segments of the population are worthy of human rights, some of the people start to act as if that's the law.

Not that the law means much to Bush anyway.