I almost forgot! The news came out last night: nine years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, the Senate has passed the Matthew Shepard Act 60-39. The legislation extends protection against hate crimes to the LGBTQ community– and gender and disability!
Three cheers for a Democratic Senate! Bush, of course, has threatened a veto. Which would be a lot of fun. We shall see.
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Thanks for noting this…and I wonder, what do people think about rape as a hate crime?
Well, I for one certainly think that it is. But I also think that we’re decades away from having that be a majority point of view.
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