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The New Gay Apartheid

Jim David | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Gay Rights, Gay, Gay Marriage, Matthew Shepard Act, Matthew Shepard, Wingnut, National Organization for Marriage, David Mixner, Anti-Gay, Maine Gay Marriage, Religious Right, Gay Apartheid, Politics News
Jim David

Whatever church those people do go to, they are taught hate and fear, not the Christian love I grew up with. They both hate gays and fear them.

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ReThink Review: Outrage -- One Reason Why the Bird/Shepard Hate Crimes Act Took So Long

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hate Crimes, Homosexual, Rethink Reviews, Matthew Shepard, Gay, Charlie Crist, Jonathan Kim, Larry Craig, Barney Frank, Movie Reviews, Ken Mehlman, Louie Gohmert, Mike Huckabee, Michael Steele, Outrage, Homophobia, Documentary, James Byrd Jr., Glenn Beck, Kirby Dick, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

And the main reason is because hatred/fear of gays is running neck-and-neck with hatred/fear of government for the most defining, unifying characteristic of the "modern" republican party.

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LGBT Rights: The Time Is Now

State Rep. Julie Hamos | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: LGBT Rights, 10th District, Congress, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Matthew Shepard Act, Hate Crimes, Dadt, Religious Freedom, Illinois General Assembly, Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr., Chicago News
State Rep. Julie Hamos

I hope the abolition of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is immediate. But there is still one crucial step that this country needs to take: We must make civil marriage equality the law of the land.

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An Historic and Emotional Moment

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Hate Crimes, Barack Obama, Earl Blumenauer, Oregon, White House, Matthew Shepard, Human Rights Campaign, Mike Quigley, Politics News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Today, after too many years of delay, President Obama signed into law a bill that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

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Obama Signs the Hate Crime Bill into Law! What's Next?

Paul LeGendre | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard, Barack Obama, Hate Crimes Bill, Politics News
Paul LeGendre

Today, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act, critical legislation that strengthens existing U.S. laws by extending federal hate crime protection.

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Hate Crimes Bill Signed Into Law 11 Years After Matthew Shepard's Death

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Matthew Shepard Bill, Obama Hate Crimes Legislation, Hate Crimes Bill, Matthew Shepard Bill, Judy Dennies Shepard, Matthew Shepard, Obama Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill, Politics News

President Obama signed major civil rights legislation on Wednesday, making it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation, gend...

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Ending Hate Crime

Lee Fisher | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Matthew Shepard Act, Matthew Shepard, Hate Crimes, Lee Fisher, Hate Crimes Bill, Ohio, Politics News
Lee Fisher

I am heartened that Congress has finally passed a bill that would strengthen the ability of governments at all levels to investigate and prosecute hate crime.

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US Senate Passes Byrd-Shepard Hate Crimes Act, Awaits Presidential Signature

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Matthew Shepard, Senate, Hate Crimes, Gays, Homophobia, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

The United States Senate passed landmark legislation today that expands the coverage and protection of federal hate crime laws to now include sexual orientation, gender, identity and disability.

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Jeff Muskus

35 GOP Senators Vote Against Defense Bill With Hate-Crimes Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Matthew Shepard, Hate Crimes, Shepard Bill, Hate Crimes Provision, Politics News

It's not easy to get 35 Republican senators to vote against defense spending -- unless hate crimes legislation is involved. The Senate narrowly invo...

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What If He Were Your Child?

Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Jennifer Evans Gardner, Matthew Shepard Act, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Brandon Patrick, Matthew Shepard, Tulsa Oklahoma, Hate Crime, Living News
Jennifer Evans Gardner

I pray that I don't have to read about any more citizens on any more streets in any more cities in this country being attacked for being who they are.

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GLSEN: Combating Children Who Hate

Tom Gregory | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hbo, Hate Crimes, Joan Crawford, Shonda Rhimes, David Bohnett, Matthew Shepard, Michael Lombardo, The Little Rascals, Glsen, Carl Hoover-Walker, Rain, Sirdeaner Walker, Politics News
Tom Gregory

GLSEN is battling cold-blooded hate of children against children -- and it is rampant. Time and time again, that hate is against children who are perceived as homosexual.

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Lady Gaga and Obama for Gay America

Michael Solis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Same-Sex Marriagen, Lgbt, National Equality March, Defense of Marriage Act, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Matthew Shepard, Lady GaGa, Human Rights Campaign, Barack Obama, Inside DC, Entertainment News
Michael Solis

For America's LGBT community last weekend, seeing both Lady Gaga and Obama teaming up to address the community's struggle for civil rights and equality was a welcome surprise.

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Obama's Speech (TEXT): Transcript Of President Obama's Speech About Gay Rights

Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Judy Shepard, John Berry, Washington, Terry Bean, Obama's Speech, Patrick Kennedy, Matthew Shepard, Lesbians, Obama's Speech on Gay Rights, Obama Transcripts, Hate Crimes, Hrc, Stonewall Riots, Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Joe Solmonese, Lesbian, Gay Rights, Dennis Shepard, Gay Marriage, Tipper Gore, Gay Adoption, Obama's HRC Speech, Lady GaGa, Nancy Sutley, D.C., Same-Sex Marriage, David Huebner, Politics News

The official transcript of President Obama's address at The Human Rights Campaign's 13th Annual National Dinner on Saturday, as released by the White ...

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Ted Kennedy: Fearless Leader in the Fight against Hate Crime

Paul LeGendre | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepard, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy, Politics News
Paul LeGendre

Kennedy compared hate crimes to "acts of domestic terrorism" and worked tirelessly to pass hate crimes legislation in the Senate.

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Why Attaching the Hate Crimes Prevention Act to the Defense Bill Makes Sense

David Doody | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Politics, Defense Bill, Matthew Shepard, Politics News
David Doody

The Hate Crime Prevention Act looks to do exactly what the Defense Bill should be set up to do: defend the nation and allow its people to live freely.

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Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid No Accident

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, LGBT Issues, Intolerance, Gay Bashing, Police, Police Brutality, Equal Rights, Matthew Shepard, Rainbow Lounge, Boys Don't Cry, Fort Worth-Texas, Lgbt, Texas, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Discrimination, Fort Worth, Gay Bars, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Stonewall was an expression of power and identity in the face of forced anonymity and oppression. The raid at Fort Worth is a different story altogether.

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Will Matthew Shepard Rest In Peace?

Paul LeGendre | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Matthew Shepard, Hate Crimes Bill, Politics News
Paul LeGendre

We are calling on all Americans to join us in urging Senators to provide law enforcement with the tools they need to hold responsible those who commit these senseless acts of bias-motivated violence.

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In Praise of Injustice (Accentuate the Negative)

Eli Dansky | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Activism, Efca, Obama, Matthew Shepard, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, TV Advertising, Torture, Advocacy, Politics News
Eli Dansky

Let's restore despair and self-righteousness, along with shame/fearmongering, to their rightful places in the activist's arsenal.

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Right-Wing Media Lies About the Hate-Crimes Bill

Terry Krepel | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Matthew Shepard, Worldnetdaily, Hate Crimes, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Media News
Terry Krepel

President Obama is not the only subject WorldNetDaily spreads falsehoods about.

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Virginia Foxx Sends Apology To Matthew Shephard's Mother

Winston-Salem Journal | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foxx Apologizes, Virginia Foxx Matthew Shepard, Matthew Shepard, Foxx Shepard Hate Crime, Foxx Shepard, Virginia Foxx, Politics News

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has written a letter of apology to the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming man whose name is on a bill adding sexual orie...

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The Truth About Miss USA, American Idol -- and Our Embrace of Illusion

Wes Isley | Posted 06.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Politics, Miss USA, Matthew Shepard, American Idol, Gay Marriage, Virginia Foxx, Truth, Culture, Carrie Prejean, Style News
Wes Isley

Television shows and beauty pageants are rather inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but they reflect broad, underlying trends back to us.

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Jason Linkins

Judy Shepard Responds To "Hoax" Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Video, Judy Shepard, Rachel Maddow, Matthew Shepard, Virginia Foxx, Politics News

Judy Shepard appeared on last night's edition of the Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the recent expansion of Federal hate crimes legislation and the rem...

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Blow It

Joan Garry | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Hate Crimes, Military, Gay Rights, Obama First 100 Days, Obama Gay Rights, Matthew Shepard, Defense Spending, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays-in-the-Military, Politics News
Joan Garry

In 1993, Bill Clinton signed "Don't Ask Don't Tell" into law. And 16 years later, the gay community has a friend in the White House again and it looks like we are going to get another turn at bat.

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What An Ogress You Are, Congresswoman Foxx

Michael Rowe | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Hate Crimes, Judy Shepard, Virginia Foxx, Matthew Shepard, Laramie, Religious Right, Gay, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Politics News
Michael Rowe

I'd like to imagine the feelings of Judy Shepard as the hate crimes bill named after her murdered son Matthew passed the house in the presence of the woman who attempted to besmirch his memory with ugly distortions.

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Ryan Grim

Virginia Foxx: Story of Matthew Shepard's Murder A "Hoax" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes Legislation, Virginia Foxx, Matthew Shepard, Politics News

As the House of Representatives debates an expansion of hate crimes legislation, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) has taken the rhetoric to a new level, cl...

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