Thursday, April 30, 2009

The House Approves Federal Hate Crimes Bill to Include Sexual Orientation

The U.S. House has just passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act aka the Matthew Shepard Act by a vote of 249-175.

The bill now moves to the Senate. - http://www.hrc.org/sites/hatecrimes/about_the_bill.asp

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