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Gay Bashing On The Rise In Hate Crime Statistics by gomag.com November 20, 2007 |
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An FBI report released Monday indicates that not only have documented hate crimes increased in the United States, but that crimes targeted against gay people has increased from 14% in 2005 to 16% in 2006. Bias-related hate crimes increased 8% in the same time period. Crime related to one's sexual orientation ranked third in frequency behind race and religion.
HRC president Joe Solmonese issued a statement following the report, stating that "This FBI report confirms what the Human Rights Campaign has known for over a decade -- that hate-crimes protections for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community are long overdue. We urge Congress to send this legislation immediately to the president’s desk, and for the president to sign it into law."
In May of this year the House of representative passed the bill known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which, if approved will give the federal government more jurisdiction to prosecute hate crimes based on sexual orientation.
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