Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill - President To Sign
Written by Advocate.com
Thursday, 22 October 2009 09:56
The Senate voted 68 to 29 Thursday to pass a Defense
Department funding bill that includes a measure extending hate-crimes
protections to people targeted on the basis of their gender, gender identity,
sexual orientation, or disability.
The National Defense Authorization Act now goes to President Barack Obama's
desk for his signature.
-As the President said back in April, the hate-crimes bill takes on an
important civil rights issue to protect all of our citizens from violent acts
of intolerance, while also protecting our freedom of speech and association. He
looks forward to signing it into law," said White House spokesman Shin Inouye.
