Comments on: Democrats That Voted With Republicans To Remove The Matthew Shepard Act From The Defense Authorization Bill http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?p=6042 Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?p=6042&cpage=1#comment-1245 Andrew Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:49:21 +0000 http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?p=6042#comment-1245 There's a rumor going around that the "death penalty" language was removed from HR 2647. However, until I see the official language of the official bill on the table with "shall be subject to the penalty of death" removed, then I am not in support of this particular expansion of hate crimes legislation. Not only that, it is married to a bunch of DoD stuff. Being anti-war and anti-imperialist, I am against almost every other part of this bill. There’s a rumor going around that the “death penalty” language was removed from HR 2647. However, until I see the official language of the official bill on the table with “shall be subject to the penalty of death” removed, then I am not in support of this particular expansion of hate crimes legislation.

Not only that, it is married to a bunch of DoD stuff. Being anti-war and anti-imperialist, I am against almost every other part of this bill.

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]]> By: Hermes http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?p=6042&cpage=1#comment-1051 Hermes Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:06:32 +0000 http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?p=6042#comment-1051 This bill has been jerked around by Obama. First, he vowed to veto the military spending bill b/c it contained the F-22 program. That got him out of saying it was because of the Shepard Act. Then Congress removed the F-22s. Very soon after that the death penalty was added. Obama is pro-death penalty, but most liberals are not. I am against the death penalty, and I would hate to see our hate crimes legislation carry that barbaric penalty in Matthew Shepard's name. He was the victim of a barbaric crime, and now the bill will exact barbaric punishment. We should fight for a death-penalty free bill. This is just more stalling by the Obama admin working behind hte scenes. This bill has been jerked around by Obama. First, he vowed to veto the military spending bill b/c it contained the F-22 program. That got him out of saying it was because of the Shepard Act. Then Congress removed the F-22s. Very soon after that the death penalty was added. Obama is pro-death penalty, but most liberals are not. I am against the death penalty, and I would hate to see our hate crimes legislation carry that barbaric penalty in Matthew Shepard’s name. He was the victim of a barbaric crime, and now the bill will exact barbaric punishment. We should fight for a death-penalty free bill. This is just more stalling by the Obama admin working behind hte scenes.

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