Thursday, July 23, 2009

Hate crimes bill nears passage - Protections for those attacked because of sexual orientation - 63-28 vote in Senate

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Hate crimes bill nears passage - Protections for those attacked because of sexual orientation - 63-28 vote in Senate

Politico.com
Hate crimes bill nears passage
By ALEX ISENSTADT
July 20, 2009

Hate crimes bill nears passage

Some excerpts :

Hate crimes legislation that would expand protections for those attacked because of sexual orientation is poised to become law after several years of failed efforts to push the proposal past the Senate.

Senators, in a 63-28 vote, approved attaching the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act as an amendment to the must-pass defense appropriations bill over objections from Republicans, who argued that the legislation should be considered as a stand-alone bill.
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