http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/sns-dc-hatecrimes,0,2906605.story

So now what ? It seems that this fancy little ass kissing piece of legislation covers everyone but normal people !
And an assault towards anyone on this list is going to be a Federal Crime ? WTF .
What is the difference between "Gender" and "Gender Identity" ?
Gender being Male and or female , Gender Identity being what happens to you when you see someone walking down the Street and you say to yourself " Male or Female " ?
Because it is so damn hard to tell sometimes ! (Especially in El Paso )
And nice fricken job attaching this to part of the Pentagons Budget !
This one opens up a whole new can of worms !

....The Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON - A bill to make violence against gays and lesbians a federal crime cleared the Senate Thursday and is headed to the White House for final approval.

The 68-29 vote was a victory for civil rights groups that have been fighting for years to expand the federal hate-crimes law beyond attacks motivated by bias based on religion, race, national origin or color. The new bill, which President Obama is expected to sign, includes penalties for assaults based on a victim's sexual orientation, gender, disability or gender identity.

Attorney General Eric Holder, whose Justice Department would be charged with enforcing the new provisions, praised the bill's passage.

"There have been nearly 80,000 hate crime incidents reported to the FBI since I first testified before Congress in support of a hate crimes bill 11 years ago," Holder said. He said recent incidents such as the shooting in June of an African-American security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum by a white supremacist "demonstrate that there are still those for whom prejudice can translate into violence."

Yes their is ! and we have a solution for that ,It is called the Death penalty ! maybe if it was enforced there would be less of a problem ?

The legislation also would give federal authorities more power to help state and local law enforcement officials investigate hate crimes.

The bill, which was attached to a $680 billion measure outlining the Pentagon's budget, was passed by the House Oct. 8.

Some of the 28 Senate Republicans who voted against the bill said they didn't like being forced to vote on the issue in relation to a Defense Department bill.

"It's a shame that this piece of legislation was added to a bill that's supposed to be about supporting our troops," said Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.).


DAMN STRAIGHT (No pun intended)