legal attorney for lamb da legal. sure. >> what kind of message does this verdict send? >> i think the message sends to all of us that we need to do more to take seriously the threat of anti-gay bias, particularly for our young people. >> okay. does this set any sort of precedent for future hate crime cases? do you think they'll be looking at this as something to compare it to? >> i think a lot of people are looking right now at hate crime prosecutions and what this all means. to me, the visibility of the case is particularly important because it means that we're all going to understand better that we need to take care of our youth and to heighten the awareness of people to the damage that can be done without better education about prejudice and at the reach of these crimes. >> but this is not a classic hate crime case, right? >> there are all sort of almost