Matthew Shepard Act Update!!
I have a lot to update all of you on, since I will finally have some time today. Although I'm going to the doctor in an hour, so can't say too much right now. But I would be totally out of line not to inform everyone of this:
New York Times:
House Votes To Extend Hate Crmes Definition
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.
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 the curb violent expressions of bias like those of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student.
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