More retarded legislation from our congressional morons

[tardfarmer]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...dhatecrimeslaw

SUMMARY: A delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives will introduce a bill that would add sexual orientation, gender identity, gender and disability to federal hate crimes legislation.

A bipartisan delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to introduce a bill on Thursday that would add sexual orientation, gender identity, gender and disability to existing federal hate crimes legislation.

Congress enacted the existing hate crimes prevention law in 1968. It provides federal help to states and localities in prosecuting violent crimes motivated by a person's race, color, national origin or religion, and that occur while the victim is engaged in a specified federally protected activity.

"This new bill would do two things," said Chris Labonte, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBT lobby group. "One, it would drop the requirement of the commission of federally protected activity, and two, it adds sexual orientation, gender identity, gender and disability."

"This is an historic moment," said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. "The introduction of this bill marks the first time members of Congress have openly expressed the need for explicit federal protections for transgender people."

The HRC specifically commended the transgender-inclusive language of the bill.

"Transgender and gay Americans deserve the same clear protections against hate crimes as other Americans," said HRC President Joe Solmonese. "We're proud that for the first time legislation will be introduced that explicitly covers the entire gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and the community will have an unambiguous shot at equal protection under the hate crimes law. We thank our coalition partners and especially our allies in the House of Representatives for their work in securing this language."

Co-sponsors of the bill include Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.; John Conyers Jr., D-Mich; Christopher Shays, R-Conn. and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

Labonte told the PlanetOut Network the Senate is expected to pass a similar version of the bill this year.

According to a 2002 HRC-commissioned poll, two-thirds of voters favor having hate crime laws that cover transgender people.

"The public support is there," said Solmonese.

"Congress should act swiftly to ensure local law enforcement agencies have the tools they need from the federal government to combat hate crimes against the entire gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community," he added. "I urge LGBT Americans and allies to call your members of Congress, urge them to co-sponsor this critical legislation or thank them if they already have."

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Co-sponsors of the bill include Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.; John Conyers Jr., D-Mich; Christopher Shays, R-Conn. and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

barney frank and tammy baldwin..no surprise there..

[huntingirl89]

bravo, i agree 100% with the new bill... i live in a community where people haven't gotten jobs because of their sexual orientation when they were MUCH more qualified than the idiots who got hired just because they're straight. Also, I recall a boy being murdered and left on a fence due to his being gay. Its so sick to hear that "the b@stard deserved it"... 90% of the time being gay or lesbian isn't a choice, its a genetic pre-determination and you, tard, who seems to fight so strongly for what evolution determined should understand that and therefore have no basis to fight against it

[david m]

if you use someone's sexual orientation as a reason to harm them, it sounds alot like a hate crime to me.

[tardfarmer]

if you use someone's sexual orientation as a reason to harm them, it sounds alot like a hate crime to me.

LOL, well then if you believe in the concept of a "hate crime" you have to then show me where the subalternate of a "love crime" is ?

So if I walk up to a pervert hedonist ***** and say "You're a nice guy" and punch him in the mouth, it's better than walking up to him and saying "*****" and punching him in the mouth.


It's STUPID and dangerous legislation !! What it does is opens the door to frivolous lawsuits.

Remember Matthew Sheppard? Well, the two guys that killed him were tried and convicted of "hate crimes" -- BUT recently it was discovered that they beat him over a drug deal gone bad. And the sentence was not amended.

[Charlie P]

BUT recently it was discovered that they beat him over a drug deal gone bad. And the sentence was not amended.

I never read anything about that you got a link to that story?

[tardfarmer]

i live in a community where people haven't gotten jobs because of their sexual orientation when they were MUCH more qualified than the idiots who got hired just because they're straight.

Absolute speculation. How did they know they were sodomites? Was it on the application form? More propaganda.

I recall a boy being murdered and left on a fence due to his being gay.

I already showed that was a falsehood, it was a drug deal gone bad. Also, what about Jesse Dirkhising a 13 year old boy who was drugged and sodomized to death with fists and cucumbers by two *****s in Arkansas -- that was a "love crime" -- RIGHT ???

90% of the time being gay or lesbian isn't a choice its a genetic pre-determination and you, tard, who seems to fight so strongly for what evolution determined should understand that and therefore have no basis to fight against it

First off, it's not a genetic trait and Monozygotic twins studies have proven it. No one puts a gun to their head and tells them to molest young boys and sodomize each other at random. And if it was genetic, the trait would have died out millions of years ago because they don't reproduce.
And as per an evolutionary argument, they are inferior then and you should welcome their demise !

[badshotbob]

This doesn't surprise me at all.

One reason I'm a patron to Cracker Barrel - they don't hire gays. It's not part of their traditional family type atmosphere they strive for.

[badshotbob]

ORIGINAL: huntingirl89

90% of the time being gay or lesbian isn't a choice, its a genetic pre-determination

Bwaaahhh ha haaaaha ha!!!!!!!!! Got me in tears on that one, 89! Good one!

[tardfarmer]

I never read anything about that you got a link to that story?

ABC ran a story about it. John Stossel went over the facts.