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Expanded Hate-Crime Law Gets House Nod

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Brushing aside a veto threat from President Bush, the House yesterday approved legislation that would extend federal hate-crime protection to gays and increase penalties against their attackers. (Washington Post [1], Friday)

The wrong way to handle the problem.

FEE Timely Classic
Crimes of the Mind [2] by Melissa Suarez


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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302337.html

[2] Crimes of the Mind: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3936

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