The Senate tacked hate crimes onto the defense appropriations bill, so we are a conference committee away from sending “something gay” to the desk of the president for the first time. The conference committee needs to strip out a poison pill amendment that mandates the death sentence for certain federal crimes, but other than that detail, we’re home free.
I know you want to hear about the midgets, but I’m not finished. I can’t help being pleased by this modest step in the right direction, but as I’ve written before, a hate crime law is last on my personal gay agenda. It is an ineffective deterrent to a type of violence that will only abate gradually with the help of substantial gay rights legislation. The repeal of the military ban. The addition of sexual orientation to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Immigration reform for the partners of gay Americans. Federal recognit
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Hate Crime Bill Passes Senate Close to Final Passage
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igualdad 413 days ago
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Questions Around Hate Crime Legislation
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DividedByLaw 435 days ago
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign have been working to pass a hate crimes bill, also referred to as the Matthew Shephard Act (in remembrance of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shephard in Laramie, WY). This legislation would let the U.S. Justice Department help to prosecute hate crimes committed against LGBT people that result in serious injury or death. The timing is certainly right: hate crimes against both the LGBTQ community and minority communities, particularly Latinos, are on the rise. As I listened to a radio broadcast of Latino USA discussing hate crimes on my way home from work the other day, my head and my heart pulled in two separate directions. With murmurs of immigration reform from the White House and nearly unprecedented unemployment rates, anti-immigrant/anti-Latino groups have become more violent....
Barney Frank Says Hate Crime Bills DADT EDNA and UAFA Have No Chance
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ATLdave 468 days ago
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The Domestic Partner Benefits & Obligations Act, which would make available to the partners of gay federal employees the same benefits available to the spouses of straight employees, was introduced last week. Frank says they “have a shot” at passing that bill, but really can’t even guess at when. But Frank also added that supporters of the Uniting American Families Act “don’t have a shot” at passing that during this session of Congress.
“You got two very tough issues — the rights of same-sex couples and immigration,” he said. “You put them in the same bill and it becomes impossible. We just don’t have the votes for it.”
So there you are kids. Our “supposed” timeline of certain Bills that might or might not be passed and might or might not be soon. WE MUST DEMAND OUR OWN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT and we MUST DO SO ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
We need to start conce
“You got two very tough issues — the rights of same-sex couples and immigration,” he said. “You put them in the same bill and it becomes impossible. We just don’t have the votes for it.”
So there you are kids. Our “supposed” timeline of certain Bills that might or might not be passed and might or might not be soon. WE MUST DEMAND OUR OWN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT and we MUST DO SO ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
We need to start conce
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