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Matthew Shepard Act

The New Gay Apartheid

Jim David | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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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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Has Obama Lived Up To His Campaign Promises? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Matthew Shepard Act, Video, Gay Rights, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Obama One Year Later, Obama, Campaign, State of the Union, Promises Obama Has Kept, One Year Later, Politics News

Last November, the United States elected a president who campaigned on the promise of change. Critics called President Obama's rhetoric simultaneousl...

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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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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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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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Senate GOPers: Loosen Gun Laws To Defend Gay Rights

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Rights, Matthew Shepard Act, 2nd Amendment, Pro-Gun Gays, Gay Rights, Politics News

One month after successfully tucking an amendment into the credit card reform bill that expanded gun rights, a small number of Senate Republicans are ...

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