Congress acts to extend hate crimes to cover gays
A House vote today put Congress on the verge of significantly expanding hate crimes law to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation.read more
View ArticleCongress extends hate crime protections to gays
Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved today and sent to President...
View ArticleObama Set To Sign Bill Widening Hate Crime Laws
At a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden Wednesday afternoon, President Obama plans to sign a bill into law that was more than a decade in the making. It is an update to the federal hate crimes...
View ArticleTrial begins in case of Rutgers student who filmed gay roommate
Opening statements could begin Wednesday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of spying on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, who then committed suicide after learning he had been...
View ArticleEx-Rutgers student faces 10 years or more for anti-gay hate crime
Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi could face more than 10 years in prison following his conviction Friday for hate crimes, invasion of privacy, tampering with evidence, and a host of other charges...
View ArticleAlternate juror disagrees with Rutgers spycam verdict
An alternate juror in the trial of a former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi said he disagrees with the verdict.read more
View ArticleObama adviser smacks down Gingrich’s comments on Trayvon Martin
David Plouffe, senior advisor to President Obama’s reelection campaign, fired back in unusually harsh terms Sunday in response to former House speaker Newt Gingrich’s assertion that Obama’s comments on...
View ArticlePrisoner sues after inmate bites off part of his nose
A gay man sued a Kentucky jail and a fellow inmate Tuesday, saying the other prisoner bit off part of his nose after harassing him for days. The suit says that Brandon Milam, of Bowling Green, Ky., was...
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