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Hate crimes bill goes to Obama for signature
CNN ^ | 10/22/2009

Posted on 10/22/2009 3:39:04 PM PDT by GoldStandard

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Thursday that would make it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.

The expanded federal hate crimes law now goes to President Obama's desk. Obama has pledged to sign the measure, which was added to a $680 billion defense authorization bill.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: antibible; antichristian; bho44; bhohomosexualagenda; democrat; democrats; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; impeachobama; obama; thoughtpolice
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To: SaveTheChief

Republicans...RINO just does not cover the situation. Try describing them as DIABLO (Democrat in all but label only)!


21 posted on 10/22/2009 3:53:04 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: GoldStandard

What if a gay guy hits someone with his purse? Is that a hate crime?


22 posted on 10/22/2009 3:53:26 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: NormsRevenge

The Left and its minions can go to Hell.

Only if you say it this way:

The Left and its SISSY minions can go to Hell.


23 posted on 10/22/2009 3:53:39 PM PDT by TaraP (*Religion* is Man trying to reach GOD.Christ is GOD reaching out to Man.)
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To: DonaldC

One thing is for sure, an attack on a white, Christian, heterosexual is not, and never will be, a hate crime.


24 posted on 10/22/2009 3:55:36 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Starboard
Using their logic, that would be legal and deserving if the person was straight.
25 posted on 10/22/2009 3:56:02 PM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: GoldStandard

T guess the GOP is asleep again!


26 posted on 10/22/2009 3:56:32 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Cheetahcat

When was the last time they were awake?


27 posted on 10/22/2009 4:00:36 PM PDT by animal172 (Why doesn't affirmative action apply to the NBA or NFL?)
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To: GoldStandard

Guess I’d better go punch my LibTard, Femi-Nazi, Lesbian, Convicted Felon, Loser sister one more time while I still can...

*SMIRK*


28 posted on 10/22/2009 4:03:18 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: GoldStandard

Laws need to be “neutral”. Once you get into trying to interpet what someone was thinking you open up a big can of worms. There may come a day the left is sorry they went down this road.


29 posted on 10/22/2009 4:05:20 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: GoldStandard

Can someone point me to the authority under Article I Section 8 which makes this Constitutional? It is seeming to escape me.


30 posted on 10/22/2009 4:12:38 PM PDT by Federalist Society
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To: GoldStandard

So all other crime is Love crime?


31 posted on 10/22/2009 4:13:38 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (“Cap and Trade bill tells us how to live.. Health Care bill tells us how to die.” Bauer and Rose)
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To: GoldStandard

Does this bill protect Fox News from irrational hatred by the Obama Administration?


32 posted on 10/22/2009 4:19:28 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: GoldStandard

And if a sexual-minority assaults a normal person, he/she/it will go scot free.


33 posted on 10/22/2009 4:19:47 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: GoldStandard

What about being a black conservative?


34 posted on 10/22/2009 4:19:58 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (There is no "O" in Transparency.)
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To: SaveTheChief

And the RNC wonders why their letters end up in the circular file.


35 posted on 10/22/2009 4:20:47 PM PDT by Procyon (To the global warming fanatics the problem is too many people and the solution is genocide.)
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To: GoldStandard
When will the first religious person be arrested? And when will the people who are jury members be told that they have the authority to declare any law unconstitutional and find anyone not guilty of an unconstitutional non law and that they should never listen to what they are told to do when they are aware of the so called law being unconstitutional?
36 posted on 10/22/2009 4:22:34 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT (The Royal 100 Club is Acting the Same as the Roman Senate When the Republic Collapsed)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
We don’t need no thought control

It's not "thought contorol". It's just "regulating interstate commerce".

37 posted on 10/22/2009 4:24:09 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: GoldStandard

Did liberals ever hear of equal protection under the law? I assume the ACLU will challenge this.


38 posted on 10/22/2009 4:26:47 PM PDT by Jack Wilson
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To: GoldStandard

The feds can’t secure our borders or prevent infanticide (legitimate health & safety concerns) but they are apparently prepared to devote police powers/assets to cruise homosexual bars looking for straight bullies (guys like you and me, minding our own business) while using their state of the art Magic 8-balls to read our minds so that Perez Hilton doesn’t get his azz kicked or feelings hurt(queerwelfare).
OK, situation normal inside the beltway!


39 posted on 10/22/2009 4:27:10 PM PDT by tumblindice (Here's wishing massive liver failure all liberals)
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To: GoldStandard

I spent around four hours emailing each senator, so needless to say...

There are two YouTube links having to do with oligarchy, democracy and a republican form of government. The first is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhNobpG_4fQ . The video makes it clear, in simple terms, why our (past) republic was so unusual.

I still have some hope for the 2010 and 2012 elections. If not, then we will relearn what we should have known by 1989: that socialism is tyranny and doesn’t work.


40 posted on 10/22/2009 4:39:12 PM PDT by beejaa
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