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	<title><![CDATA[Urgent! Save Hate Crimes Bill Now!]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bil-browning/urgent-save-hate-crimes-b_b_220950.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I just got a phone call from a well placed source on Capital Hill that confirmed that the hate crimes bill currently before the Senate <em>will be added to the Defense Authorization Bill.</em> Remember <a href="http://www.bilerico.com/2007/07/something_rotten_in_the_senate.php">how well that worked out for us last time</a>?</p>

<p>Congressmembers can use our lives to bargain for bombs and defense spending instead of simply affirming our dignity as human beings worthy of safety from persecution and violence if hate crimes are added to the defense authorization.</p>

<p><strong>You...</strong></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-25T14:58:00-04:00</date_published>
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