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We are fast approaching the one year mark on the inclusion of the Matthew Shepard Act into Federal Hate Crimes law. (for those of you across the pond: there are only a handful of states, and the District of Columbia, with specific hate crimes laws that include LBGT people. says a lot about the way states treat their residents, doesn't it?)
And what do we have to show for it?
http://www.hrc.org/issues/5660.htm
(Sorry, the HRC website wouldn't allow me to copy a link)
On October 28th 2009, President Obama signed this act into Federal Law, but you would wonder when they plan to enforce it. Keeping statistics on hate crimes is all well and good, but in this case it is like noting the color of the house as it burns down...useless.
With LBGT suicide rates making such an outcry in the land I want to know when bullying is going to become the focus of a Department of Justice investigation?
The latest suicide, Terrel Williams, is a tragic example of bullying that falls under the Hate Crimes Law, there was a major assault on his person causing bodily harm. I want to know why the FBI has not arrested the perpetrator(s) of this crime.
The only way to send a clear message to those who would harm LBGT children is to come down on the bullies like a ton of bricks. Any teacher or adult who witnesses such a crime and does not report the assailant needs to be prosecuted as an accessory to the crime.
The parents of LBGT children should fall under the same penalty. Either support your kids or go to jail. Any adult who would toss their child out on the street is guilty of negelect. Parental rights stop the minute they assault a child with the word faggot on their lips, that's a Hate Crime.
As for those parents who do support their LGBT children they deserve a hug and a medal. But they also have the right to join the Parent Teacher Associations at their child's school and attend, daily if necessary, each session of school to witness the hate. No school administrator in their right mind would ask a child's parent to leave the school. As taxpayers parents need to stand up and be heard. Enough already!>
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. (Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626)
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