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House Widens Hate Crimes Law to Cover Gays


Society & Culture  (tags: gayrights, americans, rights, humans, society, crime, culture, safety, usa, freedoms )

Cal
- 48 days ago - cbsnews.com
Senate Passage Expected for Bill Linked to Matthew Shepard Making it Federal Crime to Assault Someone Over Sexual Orientation
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Catherine O Neill (45)
Thursday October 8, 2009, 9:09 pm
It's about time aren't we all human beings?
 

Cynthia Davis (228)
Friday October 9, 2009, 9:51 am
Yes it is about time!
 

Rhonda Maness (450)
Friday October 9, 2009, 11:51 am
Good News!
Thanks Cal
 

Nyack Clancy (757)
Friday October 9, 2009, 7:13 pm
Great news! Not sure WHY it took 11 years since Mathew Shepards death...??? I guess that there was some question for a long time that gay bashing is acceptable!????
 

Brad C. (33)
Friday October 9, 2009, 7:28 pm
Thanks Cal. Yes it is about time. We are all humans and share this earth together.
 

Alejandra V. (98)
Saturday October 10, 2009, 12:05 am
Great news! TY, Cal. It's not easy to find good news these days...
 

Indigo Sky (74)
Saturday October 10, 2009, 1:55 am
Nyack my friend, I'm there with you on this one. I very much appreciated your answer, being a lesbian myself. Yeah, I guess it took that many years, hey, to finally figure this one out. Good on them. Thank you and Thank you Cal. Blessings for sharing this story with us. Many Blessings to the family of Matthew Shepard. All so very sad, tragic and unnecessary.
 

Litha Moon (106)
Saturday October 10, 2009, 5:11 am
about time.......this is a direct result of the bravery of a lot of people, who have "come out" and lived exemplary lives in the public, now this young man has not died in vane.......
 

Kristi K. (1938)
Saturday October 10, 2009, 9:29 am
We do need a federal law because not all states have passed anything against hate crimes.
 

Debbie Higgins (1)
Monday October 12, 2009, 7:06 am
great news! We are all humans and need to take care of each other.
 

David B. (14)
Tuesday October 13, 2009, 1:49 am
finally,it's just too bad it took a brutal murder to set the works in motion .but we must be ever vogilant,cause there are those out there ,you can rest assured ,that will try to undermine or undo it down the road,just as they keep trying to batter down roe vs. wade .so be ever vigilant! thanks Cal
 

Karrie Campbell (0)
Thursday October 22, 2009, 9:36 pm
Is this bill going to put preachers and Christians in Jail for preaching against the lifestyle?
 
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