As i was browsing Feministing.com to do some reasearch for my blogs i came across the video of virginia foxx saying that the bill to help strengthen hate crime laws was only named after a man who was violently killed due to his sexual orientation was a hoax and a way to pass bills. Well this prejudice bitch can shut it because it states in actual police reports that the man was killed because he was gay, two men lured him out of a bar by saying that they were gay and then killed him and left him in public for all to see. This woman was clearly misinformed or is just a prejudice bitch. Whether the bill was named after him because he was gay and brutilly murdered is beside the point, she clearly just does not want hate crime laws against the gay community strengthen and that is outrageous. Their are hate crimes committed everyday against teens who are gay and never reported for fear that nothing would come of if and the situation would become worse, so these laws need to be strengthened, and not only for our young gays, but for gays of all ages.
Rep. Foxx: "The bill was named after a very unfortunate incident that happened, where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of robbery. It wasn't because he was gay. The bill was named for him, the hate crimes bill was named for him, but it's, it's really a hoax, that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills."[House Floor Speech, 4/29/09]
That is a quote directly from this sinister old hag. Personally i would like to meet this woman and hear her whole side of the story and then just rip her a new one for her closemindedness. Our country is supposed to be for the people, by the people, and of the people; well here is a group of people that have been hated against since they began to show their true colors and it is down right wrong. We believe the racism is bad, well hate crimes are just as bad and sometimes even worse. This is a topic i strongly feel about because i have gay friends and feel that they should never have to feel like they cant be who they are for fear of being hurt.
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I didn't hear anything about this, but I'm glad that now I did. That is truly outragous that she would even put herself in the position to speak out against 1)Congress and 2)Those in the gay community that are behind the bill 100%. She made a huge mistake by allowing her own personal bias get in the way of her job in Congress. She should have never said it and certainly should have never taken the stand to make that speech that day.
ReplyDeleteNow this is just ridiculous. I never heard anything about this either. I have gay friends as well and hate crimes definitely need to be addressed a little more in this country. People kind of just look right over it.
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