House Passes Hate Crimes Bill

Wonderful news. The House of Representatives passes the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HR 1913) by a vote of 249-175.

The bill, sometimes known as the Matthew Shepard Act, now moves to the Senate where companion legislation was introduced yesterday by Sens. Ted Kennedy, Arlen Specter and Olympia Snowe, among others. See how your representative voted here.

Comments

[Luther]

This is fantastic news, although the churl who reps me is a GOP right winger who voted no, like he does on any social issue, and, the one good thing I saw on C-span was all the black politicians speaking so eloquently for it, especially Mr Hastings of Florida who called out every excuse as to why to vote and why it was lame, so much for the all blacks are homophobic that some in the glbt community love to say.

[alicia banks]

amen

now tell marion barry to put that in his favorite crack pipe and smoke that...and his gaybashing church posses can drop that in their colletion plates so their DL pastors can pay those new car notes!!!....

thanks!

peace
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[Shane Moseley]

Fabulous

Take that GEORGE W BUSH! Now we are on our way to delivering the promise that America always aspired!

I am so happy that we have some real leadership to make this law happen!

[Jim]

So can we assume that the 175 people who voted against this are attracted to hate?

[Andy Niable]

Well, now that hate is illegal, I can relax...