Senate Pushes Gender Hate Crime Bill

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2007-09-27 18:56

Story here. Excerpt:

"Under current federal law, hate crimes apply to acts of violence against individuals on the basis of race, religion, color or national origin. Federal prosecutors have jurisdiction only if the victim is engaged in a specific federally protected activity such as voting.

The House bill would extend the hate crimes category to include sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability and give federal authorities greater leeway to participate in hate crime investigations. It would approve $10 million over the next two years to help local law enforcement officials cover the cost of hate crime prosecutions."

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Attaching a biased, misandric bill to a must-pass bill in order to "forcefeed" it to the government. I am so sick of these motherfuckers it is not funny.

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Submitted by MrReality on Fri, 2007-09-28 10:30