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HuffPo: 35 Senate Republicans Voted Against Hate Crimes Legislation

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 22, 2009 - 5:24pm

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Huffington Post reports that earlier today 35 Senate Republicans voted against passage of the defense authorization bill because it also contained hate crimes legislation. The defense bill including the hate crimes legislation, was sent on for final vote, and passed today.

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More Than 150,000 Marchers Demand End to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Passage of Hate Crimes Laws

By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow

October 12, 2009 - 12:42pm

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Lt. Dan Choi at the National Equality March: "The era and the time for asking is over. I am not asking anymore I am telling... will you tell with me? In the face of injustice and in the face of the discrimination, patience is not a plan."

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