http://glaadblog.org/2009/07/16/hate-crimes-bill-attached-to-defense-bill-senate-may-vote-this-week/ A project of GLAAD Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:10:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://glaadblog.org/2009/07/16/hate-crimes-bill-attached-to-defense-bill-senate-may-vote-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 Unexpected compassion from unexpected sources. « I'm not here to make frenemies. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:10:17 +0000 http://glaadblog.org/?p=10803#comment-1755 [...] the attachment of the Matthew Shepard and James Bird, Jr. Act to a defense-related bill an “abuse of power” is just [...] [...] the attachment of the Matthew Shepard and James Bird, Jr. Act to a defense-related bill an “abuse of power” is just [...]

]]> http://glaadblog.org/2009/07/16/hate-crimes-bill-attached-to-defense-bill-senate-may-vote-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Senate Votes to Advance Hate Crimes Bill : glaadBLOG.org Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:18:21 +0000 http://glaadblog.org/?p=10803#comment-1002 [...] As GLAAD reported yesterday, the Senate took up the issue of hate crimes this week. Late Thursday night the Senate voted 63-28 to end debate on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Associated Press reports. The act was adopted as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill and broadens hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disabilities. [...] [...] As GLAAD reported yesterday, the Senate took up the issue of hate crimes this week. Late Thursday night the Senate voted 63-28 to end debate on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Associated Press reports. The act was adopted as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill and broadens hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disabilities. [...]

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