It’s been ten years since Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered. Still, there has been no federal legislation to prosecute hate crimes based on sexual orientation. Last year, both houses of Congress passed a historic hate crimes bill known as the Matthew Shepard Act (officially, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007), which would have outlawed hate crimes nationwide based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. But the legislation never made it to President Bush’s desk because of his veto threat.
Here is his father’s courtroom statement to his murderers.
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Like so many important social issues this country faces, too many people are opposed to making the ENTIRE COUNTRY...
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so sad. is it bad that the whole time I’m listening to this I’m hoping the dad actually wrote what he’s saying? because...
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start crying at their desk?!!! I got less than
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