Fondly known as the Matthew Sheppard Act. For more information visit the
human rights website and read up on it. The act is up for vote in the House tomorrow.
I am most definitely an proponent of attempts to reduce hate crimes and make hate crimes more actively investigated.
Opponents of the act say that it will take away freedom of speech. This is not so. People can still bitch and moan and rant and rave all they want about the minority group that they hate. The bill addresses only acts of violence against minorities.