'Hate Crime' Protection
The article I found was from the New York Times. It is titled, "Sexual Orientation Gets 'Hate Crime' Protection." The House of Representatives voted today to include 'hate crime' protection for people who are victimized for their sexuality. This includes crimes spurred by a victim's gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as their race, religion, color or national origin. This same type of legislation is moving through the senate but may get a veto from President Bush because it is "unnecessary and constitutionally questionable." Civil Rights groups have urged for some type of protection for people who are attacked because of their sexuality for a long time.
I think this topic relates to our class because we talked a lot about discrimination against people of other races, classes and genders. If people become aware that there is a problem in our society we might be more inclined to fix it. I know in our class we talked more about discrimination and inequality between races but I think it is just as interesting to research the discrimination against people of other sexual orientations. This is something that a person has very little control over, just like race.
Here is a link to the article :http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/washington/03cnd-hate.html?hp