The Matthew Shepard Act aka the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act is being voted on this week.
You would think that with such an important and life changing law, it would be voted on swiftly and fastidiously for the safety of every human life.
NOT!!!
It is trying to be amended into a tourism bill--- WTF???
"Lawmakers are expected to pass the measure by amending S. 1023, or the Travel Promotion Act, said the source. The bill is geared toward establishing a national travel promotion program to communicate U.S. travel policies and to promote travel to the United States. 'The idea is that that will be an amendment to the tourism bill that's going to be on the floor this week in the Senate, and we're thinking that the vote will happen probably [Tuesday] or Wednesday,' said [their] source...More details on the passage of hate crimes legislation are expected later Monday at press conference on Capitol Hill. Speakers scheduled to attend include Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; and Michael Lieberman, Washington counsel for the Anti-Defamation League, a group that works to stop the defamation of Jewish people," explained The Washington Blade on June 15th.
Below is a press conference that Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid and Human Rights Campaign Joe Solmonese defended the bill and asked voters for a swift passing action:
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