An extremely important piece of legislation nicknamed "The Matthew Shepard Act" is currently under debate in Congress that would expand hate-crime laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Indiana Equality has asked for your help in enacting it.
This bill, and recognizing that crimes against GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual,Trans) people based on their real or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation are hate crimes, is sorely needed.
If you don’t need much more convincing on this matter please take the time to help out by making sure your representatives and senators understand how important this legislation is. For more information on how to help visit the Indiana Equality blog as well as the Human Rights Campaign's dedicated pages.
If you need a bit more convincing or are looking for my response to the absurd "no 'special' rights" argument I'll be following up on this later today when it's not 4:30am and I'm a bit more lucid and cogent.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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