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Do It Now: Hate Crimes Bill This Week!

July 14, 2009 2:42 PM by David Badash
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**UPDATE: VOTE SCHEDULED THURSDAY NIGHT** The Senate, eleven weeks after the House of Representatives approved it, may very well vote on the Hate Crimes Bill this week. You remember the Hate Crimes Bill, right? The one that Rep. Virginia Foxx used as an opportunity to demean and violate the memory of Matthew Shepard. The one [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Virginia Foxx: Gearing Up For 2010 With A Million Dollar War Chest

June 5, 2009 12:54 PM by David Badash
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Matthew Shepard’s Hate Crime Murder Denier Just Doesn’t Know When To Quit


Virginia Foxx (R- NC), has been quietly amassing a large campaign war chest, and reportedly has cash on hand of $942,195, according to Internet watchdog OpenSecrets.org and the Center for Responsive Politics. The Congresswoman, who back in April was nationally excoriated for calling Matthew Shepard’s […]

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Discrimination

An Open Letter To U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx

May 27, 2009 10:38 AM by David Badash
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Even Matthew Shepard’s Murderer Apologized       Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Dear Representative Foxx, It’s been ten years, seven months, and fifteen days since the night Matthew Shepard was savagely beaten, tortured, pistol-whipped so badly his skull was crushed, and, yes, robbed, and tied to a fence for eighteen hours in freezing temperatures, during [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Fire Virginia Foxx, But Not Because She Lied About Matthew Shepard

April 30, 2009 4:09 PM by David Badash
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Admits She Is Trying To “Scare You To Death”     “The hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard Bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery.  It wasn’t because he [...]

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Matthew Shepard Act Receives Support of Ted Kennedy

April 28, 2009 7:05 PM by David Badash

Matthew Shepard Act Receives Support of Ted Kennedy. The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act received the backing of none other than the senior Senator from Massachusetts, Edward Kennedy. This senate version of the Matthew Shepard Act mirrors the House’s version, which was stalled by Republicans last Thursday, attempting to go as far as [...]

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