Tag Archives: hate crimes

Traditional Value Coalition On Hate Crimes

God’s gentle people at the Traditional Values Coalition have posted this strange bit of breakbeat-infused video mocking hate crimes against LGBT people.

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Hate Crimes Highest In Ten Years, Senate Pushes Vote Back Again

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs has issued a report noting that anti-gay hate crimes in 2008 were the highest in ten years. Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people increased 2% from 2007 to 2008, continuing the trend of a 24% total increase in 2007, according to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)’s 2008 Hate Violence …

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Bomb At Sau Paulo Pride, 21 Hurt

A bomb was tossed from a rooftop into the crowd at Sao Paulo Pride on Sunday, but luckily only 21 people suffered minor injuries. At least 21 people were injured when a homemade bomb exploded at a spot where participants gathered after the gay pride parade in Brazil’s largest city, authorities said Monday. The explosive device was thrown around 9:00 …

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Bizarre Bedfellows: Gun Nuts & The Senate Hate Crimes Act

The Washington Independent is reporting that an amendment allowing gun owners to carry their concealed weapons across state lines may be attached to the Matthew Shepard Act, the Senate’s hate crimes bill. The spurious reasoning: It will protect gays from bashing. Yeeeeah. And GOProud nutter Jimmy LaSalvia one of the people behind it. One month after successfully tucking an amendment …

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Sex With Ducks – The Musical

Pat Robertson famously predicted that hate crime legislation would legalize sex with ducks. Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome and Kate “Oates” Micucci respond. I predict you’ll be singing this to yourself later today. Very catchy. (Via Louise @ Pam’s House Blend)

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Sean Chapin – Turn

JMG reader Sean Chapin had the word “fag” keyed across his car while on vacation near Palm Springs, an incident which he has turned into another one of his clever LGBT rights songs.

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But He’s A Good Kid

Two lesbians were beaten in Provincetown over the weekend in what police describe as a hate crime. Eric Patten (left), 23, is also charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. P-town cops say Patten was drunk early Saturday when he got tossed out of Vixen nightclub and beat up two lesbians, one of whom was shoved through a …

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Sunday’s Sermons: “Patriot Pastors” To Call For “Crushing” Of Hate Crimes Bill

Pastor Paul Blair of Reclaiming Oklahoma For Christ is spearheading a national drive for the nation’s “patriot pastors” to call for a “crushing” of the Senate’s hate crimes bill this Sunday. “Just think, if pastors would get up on their pulpits and teach folks about how the issues of today are going to affect them and then lead them, we …

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Wingnuts Rejoice Over Andrew Sullivan’s Position On Hate Crimes

Under headlines like “Homosexual Leader Admits Hate Crimes A Fraud”, wingnuts sites have been crowing for several days over Andrew Sullivan’s dismissal of the Matthew Shepard Act as a “scam.” Via World Net Daily: A longtime pundit and supporter of the homosexual lifestyle choice has admitted online that the so-called “hate crimes” bill now pending in the U.S. Senate is …

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PhoboQuotable – James Dobson

“I want to tell you up front that we’re not going to ask you to do anything, to make a phone call or to write a letter or anything. There is nothing you can do at this time about what is taking place because there is simply no limit to what the left can do at this time. Anything they …

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Brutal Gay Bashing In West Village

The NYPD is asking for tips if anybody witnessed a gay man being brutally assaulted the near the corner of Christopher and 7th Avenue late on Wednesday night. Alan Williams, 50, is in a coma after the attack. Roving hoodlums were out for blood when they bashed in the head of an accountant on a West Village street Thursday, possibly …

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Box Turtle Bulletin Forces Illinois Family Institute To Recant Hate Crimes Claim

One of the most repulsive campaigns currently being spread by the right-wing is that the hate crimes act currently before the U.S. Senate protects a massive list of criminal sexual activities including bestiality and pedophilia. A list of 547 sexual paraphilias has been spouted by every wingnut group out there and was heavily quoted by GOP Congressmen during the U.S. …

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Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (Unless It Promotes Hating Gays)

Check out Christianist site World Net Daily’s trio of headlines today about the hate crimes act currently before the U.S. Senate. These so-called Christians have absolutely zero problem with publishing outlandish outright lies in furtherance of their relentless campaign to beat down LGBT Americans.

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Rep. Virginia Foxx Sends Letter Of Apology To Judy Shepard

After standing on the floor of Congress and calling the use of Matthew Shepard’s death to advance the hate crimes bill a “hoax”, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has sent a letter of apology to Judy Shepard, who was in the gallery during the speech. The Matthew Shepard Foundation acknowledges receipt of the letter, but declined to discuss its contents, saying …

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James Dobson: The Religious Rights’s Most Outrageous Liar

Focus On The Family head James Dobson goes video with his outrageous lies that the hate crimes bill currently before Congress in fact protects pedophiles and other sexual criminals from prosecution. Watch in disbelief. “Bisexuality, exhibitionism, fetishism, incest, necrophilia, pedophilia, prostitution, sexual masochism, urophilia, voyeurism, and bestiality. Those are just a few. And I have to ask, have we gone …

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Top Wingnut Site World Net Daily Parrots Lies About Hate Crimes Act

The most heavily-trafficked wingnut site World Net Daily is today parroting the lies about the hate crimes act currently before the U.S. Senate. Under the headline “Pedophile Protection Act”: The leader of a pro-family organization says families across the nation need to contact their U.S. senators now to try to derail a legislative plan that already has passed the U.S. …

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Religious Right Escalates Lies In Face Of Possible Passage Of Hate Crimes Act

“30% off jail time for assaulting Grandma or other non-homosexuals.” So says the above “coupon for criminals” posted on rabid hater Janet Porter’s new site, Faith 2 Action. When combined with existing law, this bill could have a very chilling effect on free speech. A pastor could be charged with inciting a hate crime for the content of his sermon. …

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Maddow Interviews Judy Shepard

Rachel Maddow provides a history lesson on the murder of Matthew Shepard, then interviews his mother Judy about the comments of Rep. Virginia Foxx. Since the murder of her son, Shepard has become a well-known national spokesperson against violence perpetrated on LGBT people.

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Foxx’s “Apology” Lands Her Back At #1

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The Two Best Rebuttals In Yesterday’s House Hate Crimes Debate

Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) rips the GOP position that the hate crimes bill criminalizes thought. “That’s like saying that anti-lynching laws criminalized knot-tying!” Some real zingers there. But DO watch Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) tear into the Repubs who numerous times evoked the “Philadelphia 11”, a group of anti-gay protesters who were arrested in 2004 for preaching at a gay …

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