Pass S. 909 and include gender identity & sexual oreitnation to federal hate cri

[Butterfly]

Pass S. 909 and include gender identity & sexual oreitnation to federal hate crime legislation
Change.org
July 6, 2009


http://gayrights.change.org/actions/view/pass_s_909_and_include_gender_identity_sexual_oreitnation_to_federal_hate_crime_legislation


Urge the Senate to pass S. 909, which would include gender identity and sexual orientation to the list of groups protected by existing hate crimes legislation.

A hate crime based on gender identity or sexual oreintation is not simply a crime committed against another LGBT person, but a crime targeted at an entire group of LGBT people. This is actually an act of terrorism since the ultimate goal of the perpetrator is not just to harm or murder a random  person, but to force a group of people to accept their supposed subordinate status in the social order. Crimes based on such underlying hate is more pernicious than a simple beating or random killing, and should warrant a harsher consequence.

[Raye]

I wish i could vote on it.
If they put these things along main voting like Presidents, I'm pretty sure they'd pass.

[Kara]

Well I voted for it. I think. 
Post Merge: July 08, 2009, 11:38:56 AM
Wow, I'm amazed! I got an email from my state representative today saying he couldn't handle the matter and that I ought to speak to my Congressman.