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Urge Your Senators to Pass the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an Amendment to S. 1391!
We've learned that as early as Thursday, July 16, the Senate could vote on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The act is an amendment known as the Leahy-Collins-Kennedy-Snowe Amendment to S. 1391, the FY 2010 Department of Defense Authorization bill. This amendment would provide significant improvements to our current hate crimes prevention laws. The House of Representatives already passed the bill in April with a vote 249-175.
What the Bill Does
This bill expands the coverage of existing hate crime laws to include crimes not only based on race, color, religion, and national origin, but also bias-motivated crimes based on the victim's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.
It also provides the federal government jurisdiction to prosecute hate crimes in states where current law or local law enforcement action are inadequate. This increased protection will help communities - such as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community - that continue to be subjected to bias-motivated violence and intimidation.
Take Action Now
Those opposed to the hate crimes prevention act will be flooding their senators' offices with calls. Don't let their voices drown our calls of support. Please take the time today to call your senators and have your support counted.
Call your Senators toll free TODAY and TOMORROW, July 15 & 16, at 1-866-659-9641, and urge them to pass the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an amendment known as the Leahy-Collins-Kennedy-Snowe Amendment to the Department of Defense Reauthorization Act - S. 1391. This toll-free number will connect you directly to your senators. If you want to know who your senators are, please click here or go to http://capwiz.com/pflag/dbq/officials/.
When you call, be sure to say:
I am a member of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). I am urging you to please support the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an amendment known as the Leahy-Collins-Kennedy-Snowe Amendment to the Department of Defense Reauthorization Act - S. 1391. This amendment would provide significant improvements to our current hate crimes prevention laws. Hate crimes cut across every community. Passing this amendment will ensure that all people have the right to be safe and free from physical harm and intimidation. The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act sends a clear message that Americans do not have to live in fear. Please help by sponsoring and supporting the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an amendment known as the Leah-Collins-Kennedy-Snow Amendment to S. 1391 today!
Below is a letter from Gery and Lorain Amundson, presidents of the El Paso, TX PFLAG chapter, in response to the incident at Chico's Tacos in El Paso that we profiled yesterday.
A copy of the letter was sent to Chico's Tacos, All American-International Security, the El Paso Police Department, and El Paso Mayor John Cook.
Dear Sirs,
The recent incident of harassment at Chico's Tacos against five gay men is of grave concern to our organization and the thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and their families and friends in El Paso. It appears that though we have differing feeling about displays of affection in public, this was an overt act of discrimination toward the young gay men at that establishment. Anti-gay slurs apparently were a part of the demand to leave.
This was a failure first on the part of the security guards and also on the part of management of the store. So far there has been no admission of wrong on the part of either group. The behavior of the police officer showed not only an ignorance of the law, but also a possible homophobic attitude. It is apparent that this happened because the men in question were gay. If this had been a heterosexual couple, probably nothing would have been said. All that is asked is that apologies be extended and training be instituted for the security guards, management and police officers involved.
This is a case of equal rights and we ask that equal treatment be extended to all persons in our community. PFLAG, along with other allied groups, stands ready to offer diversity/ sensitivity training to any of these groups. Feel free to contact us if you have questions
Gery and Lorain Amundson
PFLAG/El Paso
A copy of the letter was sent to Chico's Tacos, All American-International Security, the El Paso Police Department, and El Paso Mayor John Cook.
Dear Sirs,
The recent incident of harassment at Chico's Tacos against five gay men is of grave concern to our organization and the thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and their families and friends in El Paso. It appears that though we have differing feeling about displays of affection in public, this was an overt act of discrimination toward the young gay men at that establishment. Anti-gay slurs apparently were a part of the demand to leave.
This was a failure first on the part of the security guards and also on the part of management of the store. So far there has been no admission of wrong on the part of either group. The behavior of the police officer showed not only an ignorance of the law, but also a possible homophobic attitude. It is apparent that this happened because the men in question were gay. If this had been a heterosexual couple, probably nothing would have been said. All that is asked is that apologies be extended and training be instituted for the security guards, management and police officers involved.
This is a case of equal rights and we ask that equal treatment be extended to all persons in our community. PFLAG, along with other allied groups, stands ready to offer diversity/ sensitivity training to any of these groups. Feel free to contact us if you have questions
Gery and Lorain Amundson
PFLAG/El Paso
Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush administration, the Blade has learned. Numerous applicants were denied entry to the department̢۪s Honors Program and the summer intern program starting in 2006 because of their previous work in what were deemed to be [...]
Guess who now favors same sex marriage? The godfather of the “Defense of Marriage Act”, Bill Clinton. BC was speaking at the liberal Campus Progress National Conference when he was asked if he personally supported same-sex marriage. Said Bill: “Yeah.” “I personally support people doing what they want to do,” Clinton said. “I think it’s wrong [...]
Courtesy of: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC): The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission condemns the Lithuanian Parliament’s adoption of the homophobic “Law on the Protection of Minors Against Detrimental Effect of Public Information,” on July 14, 2009. The new law outlaws the distribution of information about sexual orientation through any [...]
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