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Date sent: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:51:06 -0500
From: eagle@eagleforum.org
Subject: TED KENNEDY TRIES TO SLIP HATE CRIMES PAST THE PUBLIC

July 17, 2007



TED KENNEDY TRIES TO SLIP HATE
CRIMES PAST THE PUBLIC
Urge your Senators to Vote NO on the Hate
Crimes Amendment!
After his immigration bill received three+ weeks of fiery opposition
from the grassroots, Ted Kennedy has decided to try to slip this next
piece of ultra-controversial legislation past the American people’s
radar screen. Last week, the Senate bypassed the normal committee
process as Ted Kennedy filed the Hate Crimes bill as an
amendment to H.R. 1585, the 2008 Defense Authorization bill.
Back on May 3rd, President Bush released a statement saying that if
such hate crimes legislation were to reach his desk, his senior
advisors would recommend that he veto it. Kennedy, no doubt,
understands that neither the House nor the Senate could override a
veto; thus, he is attempting to insert this language into the DOD
Authorization because it will be harder for President Bush to veto the
entire bill.
The language of the Kennedy amendment is identical to the language
of H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention
Act, which passed the House on May 3, 2007 by a vote of 237-180. If
it passes, this amendment would make hate crimes (a crime in which
the victim is intentionally selected based on his or her race, religion,
ethnicity, gender, etc.) a federal offense and it would add “sexual
orientationâ€