One small step for fags, one giant leap for fag-kind!
From The L.A. Times
The Senate today approved a long-debated measure that would expand the federal hate crime law to cover violence against gays, and in an unusual gambit to make it difficult for President Bush to carry out his veto threat, attached it to a defense bill.
It’s about freakin’ time! How many of us would still be alive if this had been passed 10 years ago? It disgusts me.
I realize this isn’t really on-topic for GFW, but it’s something I feel strongly about (watch out for gay marriage news, too!) and something I feel is critically important to this country. For too long gay men and women have been victims to senseless, hateful violence at the hands of ignorant homophobes and rednecks.
Being a gay man in today’s US isn’t easy. If you survive the job discrimination, the constant harassment, the lack of political representation (until Hillary gets to be President!), the physical violence, and the outright persecution, you still face horrors of AIDS and the loneliness caused by the closure of all the decent gay clubs in this country. Not many people know what it’s like to live like that, especially the racist a-holes that make the laws.
The bill’s supporters said they hope the hate-crime legislation is included in a final defense bill. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who has championed the legislation, noted that no president has ever vetoed a defense authorization bill. “We’re very hopeful that the president will sign it,” he said.
Ha! It’s so sweet that they attached a piece of good legislation to one of the President’s war-mongering bills. Try and veto that, George! You’d have to withdraw the troops from Iraq and Lord know we can’t have that! If Iraq was peaceful instead of overrun by your terrorizing hate troops I don’t know what we would do!</sarcasm>
September 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Well, I hope they expand it to cover people that other’s think are gay.
September 27th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
As a friend of a gay person, I watch my friend discriminated against nearly every day. Recently one of our mutual friends invited him to their wedding. Can you imagine how that must have felt to him?
September 27th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Our heteronormative society is slowing crumbling and I for one am thankful. Its time to get rid of Walmarts and replace them with Pottery Barn!
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
The wild success of Dancing with the Stars is obvious proof that we are afraid to leave our homes. Thank you Ted Kennedy! Hope to see you on DwtS soon! (I hope they pair him with Edyta)