The Senate passed the Matthew Shepard Act. Now it must pass a House and Senate conference comittee, and then be signed into law by the President. Three fourths of the population is in favor of this law, but few of them will contact their representatives to communicate their support. Mostly, the representatives will hear a message of hate, fear, and predjudice from the religous right wing.
If you care about justice and the right of all people to live free from the fear of hate and violence, you can write to your representatives in the House and Senate and to the President to communicate your support for the Matthew Shepard bill and to demand that it become law.
To find out who your representatives are, try: www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
If you want to learn more about this bill and support the effort
to assure it's passage, check out:
www.hrc.org
If the President vetos this bill, it can still pass with enough support in Congress! Please make you voice heard very loudly!
2007-09-27
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