Comparing homosexuality to necrophilia, Oklahoma State Sen. Steve Russell (R-Oklahoma City) plans to introduce a bill that would exempt the state from having to abide by the recently passed Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act on the basis of the 10th.
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Gary Cass and his Christian Anti-Defamation Commission held their protest against lgbt inclusive hate crimes legislation yesterday and I think it's safe to say that despite the hype and the myriad other organizations and personalities involved, including Harry Jackson, Rick Scarborough, Janet Porter* (seen here above pushing her silly book), Matt Barber, etc.
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This is a guest post by Vanessa Edwards Foster. Vanessa Edwards Foster, a longtime activist, is co-founder and current President of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), a grassroots coalition of transgender Americans who are politically active and lobby locally, statewide and at the national level.
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One step closer to a destiny fulfilled Hate crimes bill finally becomes law, clearing way for more progress ahead By Peter Rosenstein Friday, November 06, 2009 ON OCT.
Got this email earlier and wanted to share- with both of Maine's representatives being co-sponsors, I can only imagine how frustrating and infuriating for those with less supportive Congress Critters.
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But, I feel certain he wouldn’t mind putting one around the necks of some. In his last statement on this video (courtesy of CrooksandLiars.
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Tuesday night's loss in Maine for marriage equality was very disappointing, losing by about 5 percentage points, but the ENDA-like non-discrimination ordinance won in Kalamazoo by an amazing 30 percentage points.
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Mixner: Obama 'No Help' with Anti-Gay Ballot InitiativesTowleroad (blog)Obama signed the hate crimes bill, the HIV travel ban is being lifted, etc.
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Big news! The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has just announced its witness list.
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) continues to provide the WTFs and LOLs. Foxx, who as you remember spoke out against the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill and said that the Shepard murder was a hoax, says health care reform is a.
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It took over 10 years since the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard and the dragging-to-death killing of James Byrd, Jr.
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Now that the hate crimes bill has been enacted into law, the Next Big Thing is ENDA. That's the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the bill to stop job discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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A funny thing happened to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel during the reception for the hate crimes bill.
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I think this was one of Bilerico's best weeks ever. Not only did we have some highly popular emotional and entertainment posts this week, but our political coverage was spectacular.
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Well, another year has almost passed, and yes, as the late-in-the-year holiday season approaches us, we begin to look back and reflect on things that have happened over the past year.
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Now you know we had to find out what 700 Club host and all-around fundie gasbag Pat Robertson's reaction to signing the hate crimes bill into law.
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This is great news, and the president deserves our thanks. This has been a good week, with the signing of the hate crimes bill and now lifting the HIV travel ban.
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It's no surprise that Pat Robertson is speaking out against the recent passage and signing of the Federal Hate Crimes Bill.
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And yet, I can’t help but reflect on the fact that in the last two weeks, two GLBT students at the college where I teach have dropped out of school, both of them dealing with fallout related to coming out.
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You have to read this to believe it. Gary Cass heads up the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, so you can imagine his response to the passage and signing of the hate crimes bill into law.
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