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Catty. Chatty. And Occasionally Trashy.

Jul 02
True Colors of the Rainbow

This video was produced for Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour to encourage and remind you that 1 in 6 hate crimes are committed against GLBT people.

The Matthew Shepard Act is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee and has been co-sponsored by 43 Senators. None from Texas.

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And, speaking of hate crimes. The kid in Houston that was brutalized with a pipe? Yeah, he jumped to his death from a cruise ship. He was just a kid. (Chron)

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While all of those stories are absolutely tragic I have to say that I disagree with hate crime laws. Bodily injury or murder is hateful regardless of motive and we should all be treated equally regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

Benjamin at July 2, 2007 9:09 PM

I went to the HRC web site and signed plus sent the notice to all my friends to do the same.

refinish69 at July 5, 2007 8:24 AM
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