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Tennesse Hate Crimes Bill falls prey to false accusations

May 28, 2009 | Print This Post

 

Tennessee Hate Crime Bill rolled to 2010 amid false accusations. Scare tactics and disinformation cause sponsor to roll legislation. Efforts urged to defeat fear, lies.

State Rep. Jeanne Richardson, D-Memphis

State Rep. Jeanne Richardson, D-Memphis

Tennessee’s Hate Crime Bill, HB0335, has been rolled to January 2010. State Representative Jeanne Richardson, D-Memphis, sponsor of the legislation, decided to roll the legislation in the Tennessee House Judiciary Committee until the next legislative session in January. The bill would add “gender identity or expression” to Tennessee’s hate crime sentencing enhancement statue. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition supported Richardson in this decision.

Opposition to the bill came forward with false claims that it would criminalize religious speech. This claim ignores the reality that not a single case has ever been filed against a minister under current statue for promoting intolerance or denying understanding of the transgendered community. «Read the rest of this article»

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My comments on Jon Stewart on Foley/GOP child sex predator scandal

By Bill Larson | October 6, 2006 | Print This Post

 

Jon Stewart on CrossfireLike only he can, Jon Stewart dismantles the lies, cover up attempts, the blame shifting games, and exposes the justly deserved shame of the Congressional Republicans and their leadership on a subject they deserve to be torn apart on.

A Republican, a anti-gay congressman was sending inappropriate sexually explicit instant messages and emails to male Congressional pages. These pages are minors who are between the age of 16 years old to 18 years old. The Republican leadership have known about his predilection for at least 3 years, and more likely 10, and in that entire time has done absolutely nothing to protect the young people who are serving our Nation as pages.

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