[url]http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-03-hate-crimes_N.htm?csp=34[/url]
[quote]WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours after the White House issued a veto threat Thursday, the House voted to add gender and sexual orientation to the categories covered by federal hate crimes law.
The House legislation, passed 237-180, also makes it easier for federal law enforcement to take part in or assist local prosecutions involving bias-motivated attacks. Similar legislation is also moving through the Senate, setting the stage for another veto showdown with President Bush.[/quote]
ABOUT ****ING TIME! Took them long enough!
And now, a comment from the bigots...er...religious right...
[quote]But Dr. James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, warned that the true intent of the bill was "to muzzle people of faith who dare to express their moral and biblical concerns about homosexuality." If you read the Bible in a certain way, he told his broadcast listeners, "you may be guilty of committing a 'thought crime."'[/quote]
What a loser.