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Article: Log Cabin Republicans Criticize Democratic Leadership for Derailing Hate Crimes Legislation
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 6, 2007
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The Log Cabin Republicans issued the following news release:
Log Cabin Republicans condemn the decision by Democratic leaders in Congress to remove a hate crimes law, known as the Matthew Shepard Act, from the Department of Defense Authorization Bill.
"This is a very disappointing development," said Log Cabin Republicans President Patrick Sammon. "After strong bi-partisan votes in the House and Senate earlier this year, it is unfortunate that Democratic leaders dropped the hate crimes provision from the final Defense Authorization Bill. Democratic leadership should take responsibility for what happened."
"This once again shows the fight for freedom and fairness requires the LGBT ...