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发帖数: 2153 | 1 MONTGOMERY, Alabama --
(AP) - Gay rights advocates are planning a rally at the Alabama state
capitol to urge lawmakers to expand the state's hate crimes law to include
violence against gays and lesbians.
Activists will gather Sunday in Montgomery on the 13th anniversary of the
slaying of Billy Jack Gaither, a Sylacauga man who was brutally stabbed and
beaten before his body was burned on a pile of tires. Authorities determined
Gaither was targeted because he was gay.
The Birmingham News reports the state hate crimes law sets mandatory minimum
sentences for crimes motivated by race, ethnicity and religion - but not
sexual orientation.
State Rep. Patricia Todd, D-Birmingham, has introduced a bill to expand the
hate crime law but lawmakers have taken no other action.http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/feb/18/gay-rights-groups-rally-expand-hate-crimes-law-ar-3256738/ |
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