As anyone who reads the blogs knows, this bill is designed to shut down dissident blogs.
Related: To Hate Or Not to Hate?
Rocker a Hater?
And the Globe plays hide-and-seek (sick, when you think of the subject matter) with it.
My printed paper:
"Congress acts to extend hate crimes to cover gays" by Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer | October 8, 2009
WASHINGTON -- .... The bill was attached to a must-pass $680 billion defense policy bill that the Senate could approve as early as next week. President Barack Obama, unlike his predecessor, has promised to sign it into law. The late Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., was a longtime advocate of the hate crimes legislation....
"thought crimes" legislation in a defense bill.
"The inclusion of 'thought crimes' legislation in what is otherwise a bipartisan bill for troop funding is an absolute disgrace," said Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, head of the GOP conservative caucus. GOP opponents were not assuaged by late changes in the bill to strengthen protections for religious speech and association -- critics argued that pastors expressing beliefs about homosexuality could be prosecuted if their sermons were connected to later acts of violence against gays.
That is true of ANYONE and ANYTHING, world. It is ALL ARBITRARY and at th discretion of the government!
Supporters countered that prosecution could occur only when bodily injury is involved, and no minister or protester could be targeted for expressing opposition to homosexuality.
We've HEARD THOSE LIES before!!!!
The bill also creates a new federal crime to penalize attacks against U.S. service members on account of their service....
Who the hell is attacking service members? WTF?!!!!
While Republicans voted against the defense bill because of the hate crimes addition, openly gay Democrat Jared Polis of Colorado said he would vote for it despite his opposition to U.S. military presence in Iraq.
And my lack of respect for the DemocraPic Party sinks to a new low.
The reason hate crimes are so odious, he said, "is that they are not just crimes against individuals, they are crimes against entire communities and create environments of fear in entire communities."
Yeah, and SO IS MASS-MURDER in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, you f***ing ***!!!!!!!
And SINCE WHEN is this s***ty little minority representative of ALL AMERICA, huh?
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Also related: Outing the Gay Agenda
What do you mean there are HATEFUL GAYS out there?
Also see: Reason Number Three Why No One Reads the Boston Globe Anymore
Gays Do It in the Garden in Boston
The web "update."
"House votes to expand hate crimes law to cover gays; Measure goes to Senate in military bill" by Carl Hulse, New York Times | October 9, 2009
WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to cover those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation, a step that would extend new protection to lesbian, gay, and transgender people.
Democrats hailed the vote of 281 to 146, which brought the measure to the brink of becoming law, as the culmination of a long push to curb violent expressions of bias like the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student.
“Left unchecked, crimes of this kind threaten to ruin the very fabric of America,’’ said Representative Susan A. Davis, Democrat of California, a leading supporter of the legislation.
Yeah, JUST IGNORE the TORTURE, MASS-MURDER, and WAR CRIMINAL INVASIONS and OCCUPATIONS, Congress, as well as that stinking lie of 9/11!.
Under current federal law, hate crimes that fall under federal jurisdiction are defined as those motivated by the victim’s race, color, religion, or national origin.
Isn't ANY CRIME a HATE CRIME?!
Oh, I'm sorry, I KILLED YOU and ROBBED you out of LOVE!!!
Only GOVERNMENT does that!
The new measure would broaden the definition to include those committed because of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. It was approved by the House right before a weekend when gay rights will be a focus in Washington, with a march to the Capitol and a speech by President Obama to the Human Rights Campaign.
Republicans criticized the legislation, saying violent attacks were already illegal regardless of motive. They said the measure was an effort to create a class of “thought crimes’’ whose prosecution would require ascribing motivation to the attacker.
Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, called the legislation radical social policy. “The idea that we’re going to pass a law that’s going to add further charges to someone based on what they may have been thinking, I think is wrong,’’ Boehner said.
Republicans were also furious that the measure was attached to an essential $681 billion military policy bill, and accused Democrats of legislative blackmail.
And if the ROLES WERE REVERSED the Dems would be making the same claims!
I'm not fooleyed by War Party politics no more!
Even some Republican members of the usually collegial House Armed Services Committee who helped write the broader legislation, which authorizes military pay, benefits, weapons programs, and other necessities for the armed forces, opposed the bill in the end, solely because of the hate crimes provision. “We believe this is a poison pill, poisonous enough that we refuse to be blackmailed into voting for a piece of social agenda that has no place in this bill,’’ said Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, a senior Republican member of the committee.
On the final vote, 237 Democrats were joined by 44 Republicans in support of the bill; 131 Republicans and 15 Democrats opposed it. The Democratic opponents were a mix of conservatives against the hate crimes bill and liberals opposed to the Pentagon legislation.
So WHY AREN'T the DEMOCRATS being called HATERS, huh?
And have you EVER SEEN such a PATHETIC BRAND as "liberals" in AmeriKa?
What an IMPOTENT LOT they!
The final Pentagon measure must still be approved by the Senate. But the hate crimes provision has solid support there, and Senator John McCain of Arizona, the senior Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said the contents of the overall measure outweighed his own objections to including the hate crimes provision.
So HOW LONG until you can NO LONGER READ ME?
The hate crime provisions had passed both the House and the Senate in previous years, but the bill could never clear its final hurdles. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was fitting that Congress was acting, since Monday is the 11th anniversary of Shepard’s killing. The legislation is known as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, named for Shepard and a black man killed in a race-based attack in Texas the same year....
Yeah, and if you COMMIT a CRIME against a WHITE PERSON it is NEVER a HATE CRIME!!!
WTF?!!!
The hate crimes legislation allocates $5 million per year to the Justice Department to provide assistance to local communities in investigating such crimes, a process that can sometimes strain local police resources....
Yup, MORE TAXPAYER LOOT THROWN AWAY in service of TYRANNY!
Oh, yeah, here is WHAT ELSE made it in, but it is JUST a BRIEF!!!
"House OK’s defense bill for new fighter jet engines
WASHINGTON - Despite a vaguely worded veto threat by President Obama, the House easily adopted a major defense policy bill yesterday that calls for the continued development of a costly alternative engine for the next generation fighter jet.
For the NEVER-ENDING WARS!
Not like America has BETTER THINGS TO DO with that TAX MONEY!
The House approved the measure by a 281-to-146 vote. The annual defense authorization bill would guide the Pentagon budget for the fiscal year that began last week.
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Obama Cuts Defense Budget Less Than One Percent
AmeriKa has ONE PARTY NOW -- the WAR PARTY!
And they GAVE THIS GUY a NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, huh?
The measure now goes to the Senate and then to the White House for Obama’s signature.
Obama’s veto threat involves a program to develop an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The second engine would be built by
The administration promised in June to veto the legislation if it would “seriously disrupt’’ the F-35 program, a vague threat at best. It says that spending on a second engine is unnecessary and impedes the progress of the Joint Strike Fighter program. The legislation recommends $560 million for the program in 2010.
The Pentagon says that the Pratt & Whitney engine is performing well and that the second engine adds unnecessary costs and would delay the program. Supporters of the program say it provides competition that would boost contractors’ performance and tamp down costs.
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