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Happy Anniversary, Barney Frank!

Started by LostInTime, May 31, 2007, 09:19:08 AM

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May 31, 2007, 09:19:08 AM
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by Laura Kiritsy
Bay Windows
Thursday May 31, 2007

Frank confessed to stifling the urge to also ask, "Are there any members who wish to change their gender?"

"That had been a big issue," Frank explained of the explicit inclusion of gender identity in the hate crimes bill. "But I didn't say that." He later went down to the rostrum, where he informed some of his colleagues, "I want you to be grateful to me for what I didn't say." They responded, said Frank, with relief. "Some of the members," he added, "were very antsy about the transgender [provision]." The bill passed with a vote of 237-180.
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