Hate Crimes
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U.S. President Obama delivers remarks at a reception commemorating the ...Source: Reuters -
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U.S. President Obama greets Byrd's sisters Harris and Byrd Baotner at ...Source: Reuters
President Obama on Wednesday signed a law that makes it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity or race. The measure is name for the beating and kidnapping of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hopefully after all said it done we can drop the number of hate crimes in the United States. As of right now there are more than 77,000 hate related crimes reported by the FBI between 1998-2007. Nearly 12,000 crimes based on sexual orientation from the past 10 years, and Obama is calling for another bill to continuing the struggle for protecting human rights, which is another big problem in the world today.The "don't ask, don't tell" has changed for the way homosexuals are in the army.
Federal hate crimes law, hailed by supporters as the first major federal gay rights legislation, was added to a $680 billion defense authorization bill that Obama signed at a packed White House ceremony.
Former President Bush had veto a simliar measure against hate crimes. Obama cited the work of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and others "to make this day possible." Hopefully we can get along with each other and move forward in peace.
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If Obama wanted to add hate crime legislation, why wasn't it more all encompassing than merely for sexual orientation and race? Shouldn't it cover religion, creed, etc, as well? Those are hate crimes as well...
Obvious hate crimes like the Matthew Shepard case are already crimes in every state in the union.
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