John Kerry: Support the Matthew Shepard Act-sign the petition

[catgirl]

John Kerry sent out an e-mail urging people to encourage their
Senators by signing the petition. Protect everyone against hate crimes.

Link to Human Rights Campaign: http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/matthew_shepard_act

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Done!

thanks for the link!

[ebayfool]

2. TY catgirl ...

done, rec'ed & forwarded to my list.

(I'm also on Kerry's list, but I wanted to thank you for the wee bright spot of positive action in GD-P today!)

[DesertRat]

3. Done! K&R

[FloridaJudy]

4. Done K&R n/t

[babylonsister]

5. Done! for Matthew Shepard AND John Kerry! Thanks! nt

[WildEyedLiberal]

6. K&R

I haven't gotten this email from Kerry yet... I look forward to it!

[Coexist]

7. knr

[DesertRat]

8. "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." Elie Wiesel

:kick:

[politicasista]

9. K&R for positive action

:kick:

[robcon]

10. Misguided legislation, IMO.

Calling things "hate crimes" is a misnomer. Almost all crime is anti-social, hate crime.

[catgirl]

11. Not true

Crimes of passion, sex crimes, white collar crimes..are not hate crimes.
Funny your tag is Robcon. Hehe.

[WildEyedLiberal]

12. That's word-for-word right-wing rhetoric

The "all crimes are hate crimes" meme is straight out of the right-wing playbook. They pulled that one out when they opposed hate crime legislation following James Byrd's brutal murder in Texas and they use it in their arguments against categorizing homosexuality as a basis for discrimination.

[catgirl]

14. Great picture of John Kerry!

So true about the right wing rhetoric.

[BlueIris]

13. Done and K&R.

[rodeodance]

15. done

[ClayZ]

16. Done... K and R

[PresidentObama]

17. K&R. If only he were President right now....