Hate Crimes Bill Passes House..No Republicans voted for it

The Phoenix ^ | 4-29-09 | David S. Bernstein

[Victory111]

The House of Representatives just passed HR 1913 -- The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 -- on a vote of 234-190. The bill, which Obama has urged Congress to pass, would extend federal hate crimes laws to cover sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, as well as race, color, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation.

Not a single Republican voted in favor. 15 Democrats voted against.

In the floor debate before the vote, North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx called it a "hoax" that Matthew Shepard's killing had anything to do with him being gay.

Ted Kennedy and Olympia Snowe will lead the effort for passage in the Senate later in the year.

[Tzimisce]

[US Navy Vet]

It’s time to take this POS “law” to court!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

In the floor debate before the vote, North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx called it a "hoax" that Matthew Shepard's killing had anything to do with him being gay.

It had to do with Matthew Shepard being a lousy drug dealer.

Homosexuals are 60 times more likely to be the victim of a violent attack by a homosexual than a non-homosexual.

[cripplecreek]

Now we need to “encourage” Snowe to go home to her party before it goes to the senate so the democrats can have all the blame.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Hate Crimes just make me sick....

If/when someone kills me, I REALLY don’t care why.

[muawiyah]

The Constitution prohibits the government from granting titles of privilege.

That's what this stuff is.

Still, Barney Frank has discriminated against me recently and he should be punished.

[TaraP]

I guess we will just have Love Crimes, they are only HATE if you dare to speak of Sodomites and Girlie Men...

[AppyPappy]

OK. I’m gay and myy wife’s gay too. Anyone who doesn’t like me is guilty of a Hate Crime.

[lilylangtree]

Egads!

[Richard Kimball]

Homosexuals are 60 times more likely to be the victim of a violent attack by a homosexual than a non-homosexual.

There's a sub-group of homosexuals who go out and do the anonymous sex thing. I won't get into how big a subset it is, but it's substantial. There's significant risk when any individual meets a stranger and willingly goes to an isolated location with them. This is true for homosexuals, prostitutes, and people buying drugs. It's also true for people who break down on the side of the road and for people who stop to help them.

Shepard's killing, from what I read, was the result of him agreeing to leave a place of relative safety to go to an isolated location with people he did not know.

[GreyFriar]

I wonder if hate speech against Christians and Christianity is included? Nah!

[FreepShop1]

Homosexuals are 60 times more likely to be the victim of a violent attack by a homosexual than a non-homosexual.

do you have a source for this stat? Thanks.

[stevio]

That’s as good as an excuse as any. How are they going to prove you wrong?

[NinoFan]

It’s also true for straight women who go to a bar and go home with a guy. Alcohol and lust cause people to do stupid things.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Ted Kennedy... will lead the effort for passage in the Senate later in the year.

That's a tad presumptuous, I'd say.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

on a vote of 234-190

So there are 234 fags and bulldykes in the house.

.

.

.

Okay, now I'm going into hiding before they arrest me for a hate crime.

[truthandlife]

It just show what party is part of Satan’s cult.

[NormsRevenge]

Ted Kennedy and Olympia Snowe will lead the effort for passage in the Senate later in the year.

—

well, if anyone knows ‘hate’, those two are good candidates..

[jackv]

What an absolute contradiction.
By voting on a bill that says murder is worse for some, they are saying that murder is not as wrong then for the others.
What a crock. Discrimination has just been legislated.