I was totally disgusted by a speech made a few days ago by North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx made during debate in the House about the Matthew Sheppard hate crime act. Matthew, if you recall, was the Wyoming gay man who a few years ago was lured into a car by 2 guys who said they were gay, beat up, then tied up to a fence and left to die. Mrs. Foxx claimed that Matthew was murdered not because he was gay, but because he was being robbed. Kicker is, one of the men arrested said that they did it because he was gay. Good God, if you were just robbing someone, why would you beat the hell outta them and tie them up to a fence, leaving them for dead? Just goes to show you that the Republican party is nothing but a gang of homophobic, racist bigots. Republicans, and some people who go to my church also say that this act will cause preachers who speak out against hot button issues like gays and abortion, even though THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THIS BILL SAYING THAT THIS ACT CANNOT BE USED TO INFRINGS ON SOMEONE’S FIRST AMMENDMENT RIGHTS. Guess they only read the parts that they want to read.
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