Posted on 09/14/2005 4:28:18 PM PDT by COEXERJ145
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unexpectedly backed a measure to expand federal hate crime protection to gay people, a measure that House conservatives had blocked for years.
The Senate has passed similar legislation, which also expanded protections for the disabled, several times in recent years but House conservatives had argued that these cases should be dealt with on a local or state level without additional federal intervention.
This time the hate crime measure was attached to a bipartisan bill known as the Children's Safety Act aimed at tightening reporting requirements for child sex offenders. Companion legislation has not yet moved through the Senate, so the ultimate fate of the gay protection provision is uncertain.
Still backers were jubilant.
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how can this be stopped?
What happened they "backdoored" this on some must pass law?
There is more to this story.
Thanks! I missed the other link somehow!
What a shame that 30 Republicans voted for this nonsense. I was at least glad to see that two of the five Democrats who voted against it were from my state of Tennessee (Davis & Tanner). My rock solid GOP congressman Jenkins voted "no", as I would have expected.
PER FNC, this was an AMENDMENT to a law to stiffen reporting of SEX CRIMES.
IOW the democrats were voting agains stricter reporting of pedophiles etc.
The republicans were voting FOR stricter reporting of sex crime.
THIS HAD BETTER BE FIXED.
HASSERT BETTER WAKE UP FAST!!
WHAT ELSE is going to be tricked through.
HASSERT BETTER FIX THIS.
Puke on my shoes? What's wrong with your brain? Sounds like your irrational anger got the best of you.
For the record, I am totally, 100% opposed to any and all "hate crimes" categories. It's nothing more than judging people by their thoughts. It means that a feeble old (white) lady's life is worth less than a homosexual's. Which is insanity. It is already illegal to kill or beat anyone up. (Not counting in self-defense, at least some places).
That's all that is needed. Anything else is merely currying favor with special interst groups. Giving special treatment to certain groups - especially those whose only claim to specialness is their currently preferred method of sexual gratification - is unconstitutional and immoral.
Where does the Constitution delegate authority to Congress to enact such legislation, in your opinion?
Every member of the US House who voted for this is GAY!
VETO!
It passed overwhelmingly! Didn't anyone notice that they had slipped in a hate-crimes amendment?
What was the vote on the hate-crimes amendment?
See the link in reply #87.
All part of the big plan.
And they wanted to sneak it in while everybody is talking about Katrina. I might have expected some garbage like this coming out of the Senate but not the House.
Isn't it ironic (or insulting) that they attached a homo protection bill to a Child Safety Act. Did NAMBLA sponsor this bill? /s
A hate crime by definition is one designed to influence a group of people. If I kill a person because they are black, it's a hate crime because it's supposed to send fear to all members of the black community.
I disagree with the idea of "hate crimes", but that is what the intent of the law is all about.
Ping.
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