<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d4c505b2-841b-4f57-9a2d-82043723b77a/F8D349B8-4D41-4F16-87CE-97771848F1B9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11668" href="http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11668" style="font-size: 11px;">feminist.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11668"><DIV> Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee and is sponsoring the legislation, said in a <A target="_blank" href="http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=6fad3c8d-8995-4a9b-b024-53fd17951756">statement</A> "This is a bipartisan bill designed to combat crimes that have long terrorized communities and remain a serious problem in this country. It is a matter of simple justice, and it is past time for Congress to enact this bill and strengthen the government�s role in preventing and punishing crimes motivated by hate."</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11668"><STRONG>Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act Introduced in Senate</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11668">The <A target="_blank" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:1:./temp/~c111cXuMr2::">bill</A> would amend existing federal hate crimes laws to include crimes where the victims were targeted on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, and disability</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11668">We stand with the more than 300 law enforcement, civil rights and religious organizations supporting this bill that would provide local police and sheriffs' departments with the tools and resources they need to ensure that entire communities are not terrorized by hate violence."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F8D349B8-4D41-4F16-87CE-97771848F1B9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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