, a writer for AlterNet.org and a member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, looks at whether proposed legislation against hate crimes directed against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is something that the left should support.
August 10, 2009
A vigil for victims of anti-LGBT violence. Will tougher sentencing deter similar hate crimes?
"We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply because he was gay. In the last year alone, we've seen the shootings of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Jewish children simply because of who they were. This is not the American way. We must draw the line." -- President Bill Clinton, final State of the Union Address, January 27, 2000
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