No Hate Crime Lesson Learned?
Queerty Apr 24 08Senate Armed Services Committee chair Carl Levin’s nothing if not tenacious. Or is it quixotic? The Senator yesterday revealed that he will attach hate crime legislation to the 2009 Defense Authorization Act. And, yes, this tactic should sound familiar. A federal hate crimes law found itself castrated last year after Senatorial Democrats attached the queer inclusive bill [...] Full story...
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