SB 1155 pro-homosexual bill DEFEATED in commitee

[Gopher Broke]

Great news, FREEPERS! SB 1155, a bill that would have added "sexual orientation" as grounds for a hate crime was DEFEATED in the VA Senate in the Courts of Justice Committee. The vote was 8 to 5.

Voting NO to not report the bill were Senators Stolle, Trumbo, Quayle, Norment, Reynolds, Rerras, Blevins, Cuccinelli.

Please thanks these guys via email to the following ids: district14@sov.state.va.us, district22@sov.state.va.us,district03@sov.state.va.us, district13@sov.state.va.us,district06@sov.state.va.us, district37@sov.state.va.us,district20@sov.state.va.us, vasen08@aol.com

Voting YES to move the bill to the floor for a vote were Senators Saslaw, Howell, Lucas, Edwards, Puller.

Please tell these guys to vote NO next time. Emails are: district32@sov.state.va.us, district18@sov.state.va.us, district36@sov.state.va.us, district35@sov.state.va.us, district21@sov.state.va.us

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[VaFederalist]

Must be an election year in the Senate. Tommy Norment's committee votes have been pretty good so far.

Potts on the other hand...

[Ligeia]

Thanks for the ping. I was somewhat concerned about this bill this year. What I'd really like to see is a bill repealing all 'hate crime' legislation. Maybe next year. And hooray for Ken Cucinnelli. He's going to be an asset to the senate on so many issues.