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Title: House Votes to Expand Hate Crimes Definition
Post by: Shana A on October 09, 2009, 09:00:42 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 09, 2009, 09:00:42 AM
House Votes to Expand Hate Crimes Definition
By CARL HULSE
Published: October 8, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/us/politics/09hate.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/us/politics/09hate.html?_r=1)
WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim's sexual orientation, a step that would extend new protection to lesbian, gay and transgender people.
The measure was named in part for Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student murdered in 1998.
Democrats hailed the vote of 281 to 146, which brought the measure to the brink of becoming law, as the culmination of a long push to curb violent expressions of bias like the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student.
more articles http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/10/house_approves_hate_crimes_mea.html (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/10/house_approves_hate_crimes_mea.html)
http://nctequality.blogspot.com/2009/10/breaking-news-hate-crimes-bill-moves.html (http://nctequality.blogspot.com/2009/10/breaking-news-hate-crimes-bill-moves.html)
http://www.hrc.org/13644.htm (http://www.hrc.org/13644.htm)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3JXAktzmuT9IaiWWA9dHdV9gFcgD9B75BUO1 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3JXAktzmuT9IaiWWA9dHdV9gFcgD9B75BUO1)
By CARL HULSE
Published: October 8, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/us/politics/09hate.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/us/politics/09hate.html?_r=1)
WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim's sexual orientation, a step that would extend new protection to lesbian, gay and transgender people.
The measure was named in part for Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student murdered in 1998.
Democrats hailed the vote of 281 to 146, which brought the measure to the brink of becoming law, as the culmination of a long push to curb violent expressions of bias like the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student.
more articles http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/10/house_approves_hate_crimes_mea.html (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/10/house_approves_hate_crimes_mea.html)
http://nctequality.blogspot.com/2009/10/breaking-news-hate-crimes-bill-moves.html (http://nctequality.blogspot.com/2009/10/breaking-news-hate-crimes-bill-moves.html)
http://www.hrc.org/13644.htm (http://www.hrc.org/13644.htm)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3JXAktzmuT9IaiWWA9dHdV9gFcgD9B75BUO1 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3JXAktzmuT9IaiWWA9dHdV9gFcgD9B75BUO1)