Congress Votes To Give Gays Hate Crime Protection

Courtesy NPR: Politics & Society  Thu, 10/22/2009 - 15:25

Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation would join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.

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