I guess I missed the bible verse that teaches "an eye for an eye", rather than forgiveness.
Also, desperado, the first amendment protects citizens' rights to exercize religion, any religion. The only thing a seperation of church and state does is prohibit the government from recognizing one religion as more correct than another. They must recognize all religions and treat them equally. So really, a seperation of church and state only confirms that this is a hate crime.
I really doubt that kid is a satanist, BTW. Anybody ever read LeVay?